Word: accession
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cardinal O'Connell and the two South American Cardinals) were expected to reach Naples on February 28, the conclave was scheduled to begin that evening. By then, corridors and chambers near the Sistine Chapel (where the balloting takes place) would be bricked up, so that the only access to the conclave would be one doorway. Over that entrance the head of Rome's noble Chigi family would stand guard-Prince Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere, hereditary Marshal of the Holy Roman Church. The Marshal would carry in a red velvet satchel two keys to the door, open...
...Police found on one suspect a copy of what Scotland Yard officials called the '"S-Plot" or secret instruction issued by the I. R. A. Main points: Sabotage Britain's industrial life, join Britain's civilian defense corps to "look respectable," gain access to wartime supply depots, raise hell...
...shaped reading room has been made so it can be converted into a hallway and offices if the occasion should arise. In the reading room there is a stairway which is the only access to the stacks and cubicles on the ground floor. Below this there is a sub-basement and basement which are both filled with stacks, reached by the same stairway...
Mount Nickerson is about 100 miles north of Boston, and is situated only a quarter-mile from the Mount Whittier railroad station, which means easy access for snow trains...
...must have in whatever way possible the advantages of regular undergraduates. Through personal meetings with their tutors once or twice a week, they can accomplish as much or little as their ambition demands. They are supplied with all necessary books; formed into English, Economics and History Conference Groups; given access to the vocational guidance service of Phillips Brooks House; considered eligible for midyear scholarships at the Harvard Extension; and allowed to observe in scientific laboratories and to attend lectures and museums...