Word: 12th
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...curve receded from the ancient highs of Greece and Rome to the 12th Century, when the index number was 2.7. As Christendom, galvanized by the Crusades, moved toward the Renaissance, the war indices started to climb by leaps & bounds. The index of the 15th Century was 31.12. of the 18th, 567.5. There was a slight downswing in the tranquil 19th; but in the first quarter of the World War century the number was 13,735.98-eight times the total of all preceding centuries...
...back to the U. S., justified his reticence about his plans on the ground that many aviators have been killed because they felt obliged to make a flight, once announced, even though conditions became unfavorable. While newshawks continued to guess at his plans, he & Mrs. Lindbergh picnicked in a 12th Century Moorish castle...
...scientists of the 12th Century were theologians. The Church was not only the narrow way of salvation but the only road to knowledge. When Peter Abelard sought fame as a scholar he inevitably became a tonsured celibate. Within the frame of orthodox Catholic theology (once thought sufficient to contain the universe) Abelard was not only a brilliant scholar but a bold thinker. Envious' and less able enemies had maneuvered him out of one hall of learning after another, but wherever he was he drew throngs of worshipful listeners. Authoress Waddell's narrative finds him at the peak...
...those unfortunates who, because of their inexperience in listening to the spoken French, cannot enjoy the romantic Professor Morize or the colorful Professor Allard, other able instructors conduct several English sections in French 6. The course, a hasty survey of French literature from the 12th century to the present day, is expertly planned and conducted. In spite of endless reading reports and irksome "lectures obligatoires," the material covered is made genuinely interesting by the conscientious lecturers. The outside reading includes the best works of each period and can be made enjoyable if done at one's leisure. The course...
...made her one up for the first time in 21 holes. Trying desperately to catch up, Helen Hicks had a good chance at the 9th, until her opponent laid her a dead stymie. A 75-yd. spade shot that stopped three inches from the cup at the 12th put Miss Van Wie three up. On the 15th, both balls were on the green in two, but Helen Hicks's had bitten into the soft turf and picked up a patch of mud. She putted three times to Virginia Van Wie's two and shook hands, grinning, with...