Word: age
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While even great and good men have occasionally made sport of Virtue, in every age, it is still venerated with the utmost pomp by a Germanic branch of that famed brotherhood of nobles, The Order of St. John of Jerusalem...
...delegates were initiated without ceremony, at their hotels, into one of the most famed and entirely innocent of Swedish customs. Upon ringing for a bath, they were led down the corridor by a woman exactly resembling in age, attractiveness and dress the ordinary U. S. "scrub-woman." Unsuspecting, many U. S. delegates entered the bathroom, closed the door, disrobed and got into the tub. The Swedish bathwoman, having retired during this interval, suddenly re-entered without warning, soaped and scrubbed the delegate in question, then applied a towel as large as a sheet, patting vigorously until...
Tilden in the semifinals, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. Said Mr. Tilden: "Age, I think it is. I used to win this sort of match myself. But are we downhearted...
...passed by California. Just before the three-mile (three-quarters) mark, Stroke Eric Lambert raised the beat in the Columbia boat, killed California in a mighty struggle. Then along came the giants from Washington, thrashing down the turgid current almightily. But the youngsters from Columbia, averaging 19 years in age, had something left-an unbelievable spurt that Washington failed to catch by three-quarters of a boat-length. It was Columbia's first victory in the intercollegiate four-mile regatta since 1914. The winning time, 20 min., 57 sec., was slower than had been made at Poughkeepsie since...
...moments before-as the moon's age is reckoned-such an event would have caused cowering, ululations and doomsday prophecies among mankind. But last week, instead of scurrying into caves or cellars, mankind made merry and flocked to the totality belt for observation, lay and scientific. In the British Isles there were eclipse houseparties and a national holiday. Scandinavians, accustomed to staying up late at this season of the midnight sun, redoubled their nocturnal festivities to view a sight that will not again be seen by most of Europe until 1961, by England until...