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Word: adamant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Those near the sacred steps saw the figure accept papers from the law officers, pretend to read them, mutter: "I, Bishop Adam Phillipovsky, am found guilty of contempt of court. I shall go with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: St. Nicholas | 8/10/1925 | See Source »

...Bishop Adam had left his secretary, the Rev. Michael Chervinsky, pretty little Mrs. Chervinsky and Oleg to hold the episcopal fort against all comers. The Rev. and Mrs. Chervinsky were upstairs whither the lawyers, joined by special police, quickly followed. Battering through more oak, they found the Rev. Secretary and his wife. "I'm sick," said Mrs. Chervinsky from the bed, "go away." "We'll get an ambulance," said a detective. Instantly she threw back the bedcovers, jumped forth full-clad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: St. Nicholas | 8/10/1925 | See Source »

Upon what authority Bishop Adam urged his claim to the Archbishopric is not well understood. While disclaiming Bolshevik sympathies, he, a Galician, evidently represents a Pan-Slavic party as opposed to a 100% Russian party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: St. Nicholas | 8/10/1925 | See Source »

...bobbing Adam's apple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Jul. 6, 1925 | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

Under this last circumstance, Aunt Teresa cannot bear to lose Sylvia. She breaks the engagement. They acquiesce, Sylvia in self-sacrifice, Georges in indecision. Promptly Aunt Teresa marries off Sylvia to a Belgian officer with a bobbing Adam's apple and canary mustache. On Sylvia's wedding night she sends this docile husband home alone. Sylvia and Georges see what they are missing and sleep together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sportive Fatalism* | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

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