Word: surprisingness
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Unfortunately, the Western critics have chosen their arguments neither wisely nor well. To urge that "wet" jokes stand in the way of creating respect for all laws and especially obedience to the Volstead Act is not in the least convincing to those people who doubt the value of law in...
All the other field events may be viewed in a more rosy light. Mr. Barnett, in forecasting the meet from the Yale standpoint, overlooked the ability of Hyatt to come through in surprising moments in both the broad and the high jumps. And it is on this fact that the...
Of Professor Phelps' two colleagues, Mr. Owen Johnson has given out a statement which, if correctly quoted, is, to say the least, surprising. The thought that either Dr. Matthews or the Advisory Board would be influenced in their decision by the fact that the author of the play ultimately chosen...
There is a proverb in tennis that a doubles combination is as strong as its weakest player, and this was born out in the match between Ingraham and Captain Pfaffmann, and Captain Howard and Holm-Smith. Both Crimson players were in top form, and were equally strong. It was therefore...
The whole hearted pleasure which the simple Mohammedan is reported to take in the cinema is surprising. Returned travelers say that he levels in "Westerns", and that he shrieks with delight at every explosion of Bill Hart's faithful six-guns. Apparently the simple and elemental is what appeals; the...