Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...McGovern, recently returned from a trip in the unknown hinterland of the Amazon basin, after uncovering traces of civilization antidating that of the ancient Incas by hundreds of years...
Meanwhile the respected Rintaro Nishimura, hereditary hearse-maker to the Imperial House, arrived at Tokyo from Kyoto, the ancient Capital, with 50 workmen and began work on the great two-wheeled cart in which the Tenno's remains will journey to the grave. For constructing the Imperial Hearse he will receive the princely fee of 100,000 yen ($50,000). No one else knows the secret of constructing the wheels of the funeral car so that they will emit the traditional "mourning squeak." At the hubs a mechanism capable of emitting loud groans will be installed. Finally the hearse...
...discover quite a few historic signatures. I must see the famous glass flowers too," she concluded knowingly. Miss Bainter unwrapped a gift while speaking. It proved to be a collection of old programs, one of which dated back to 1870. "When I announced that I was interested in anything ancient pertaining to the theatre, I received quite a few valuable old programs and books of theatrical interest. I find my hobby quite fascinating...
...Athens, Greece, 300 years B. C., a woman suffered as did Mr. Phillips. Ancient doctors could not cure her. So she had a five-inch image of herself, with all her grotesque deformities, made in terra cotta to show the gods what had become of her and to supplicate their pity. In 1914 the figure was dug up at Athens...
...their special orders -the Handmaids of the Pure Heart of Mary, or the Oblate Sisters who do whatever work they may be told to do, or the Holy Family Sisters. It is not beyond theory that a Negro may become Pope, even though the Pope be chosen by weighty, ancient precedent. Moreover, not beyond fact is sainthood. There are two Negro saints. The better known is St. Benedict the Moor (called also the Blackamoor, the Black, the Negro). His parents were slaves in Sicily 400 years ago, and, proud, they refused to conceive children unless their master promised their first...