Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Vivian is a girl that everyone should adore. I can just see Vivian going barefoot, because the darling bossy cows, with the tender eyes, should not be sacrificed for human comforts. I am sure that she does not enjoy the comforts of this Modern Age of Steel (think of all the poor mules that have been sacrificed in the mines). I know that Vivian does not wear silk because men rob the poor defenseless silkworms to secure this silk. I honestly believe that Vivian lives in a tent. The trees should be left for the birds to rest and nest...
...Einstein are cousins. March 14 he will be 50 years old. She is almost that age. Ten years ago they married, after previous marriages and divorces. She is a levelheaded, practical woman who finds her philosophizing husband no nuisance. Said she of him some time ago: "Professor Einstein is not eccentric. He wears stiff collars when the occasion demands it without protest. He hardly ever mislays things. At least, not more than most men. He knows when it's time for lunch and dinner...
Copper, ancient of metals (its tin-alloy, bronze, having given its name to the prehistoric Bronze Age), opened the year 1929 in a flourishing, a prosperous condition...
...Oxford and Cambridge. And it may well be that salvation lies that way. Certainly the system seems to work in England, for like it or not, English universities leave certain characteristic marks on their graduates. One thing they have which must exert a profound effect upon the undergraduates--age and tradition...
...through an infinite number of planes . . . the secret of all living paintings or sculpture." Sculptor Barnard waved a finger at a twisted motif on his mantel, where graceful shadows tremulously yielded to high lights. Fakers cannot achieve this subtle chiaroscuro, so they roughen their surfaces with sandblasting to simulate age...