Word: ancient
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...claims to have been strictly silent since 1925, carries a little alphabet board on which he deftly spells his mute revelations (see cut, p. 37), among which is the declaration that he is in an "infinite state." He became that way, he says, after kissing an ancient holy woman named Hazrat Babajan, remaining in a coma for nine months...
According to the directors of the play, this will be the first time since the days of ancient Rome that this Plautian farce will be staged in the original manner with the actors wearing the masks and robes similar to those used by the players in the second century...
Harvard expeditions visiting Ireland every season since 1932 have enriched its ancient history, traced the outlines of its prehistory. Ireland was not inhabited in Pleistocene times, as Britain and Europe were. Settlers arrived from Britain about 7000 B. C., bringing Stone Age implements some 10,000 of which the Harvardmen found. In geological strata of this period pollen grains of elm, alder, beech and oak and fossil shellfish reveal a warm climate. The Bronze Age began about 1800 B. C., the Iron Age not until 100 A. D. From then until the Anglo-Norman conquests (12th Century) the Irish lived...
...Maundy Thursday Pius XI was to join his Court & Cardinals in a two-hour service in the Sistine and Pauline chapels, culminating when a consecrated Host, in a priceless ancient chalice of rock crystal studded with precious stones and etched with 13 scenes of the Passion of Our Lord, is placed on Solemn Exposition. On Good Friday, day of mourning, the Pope would neither wear his episcopal ring nor bless those who worshipped with him. In solemn procession he would return to the Pauline chapel, then bear the Host back to the Sistine chapel for the Mass of the Presanctified...
...History (Departmental) Monday, May 4 (Morning) 9.15--12.15 Anthropology (written) 9.15--12.15 English Literature (Part One) 9.15--12.15 French, German, Italian and Spanish Literatures 9.15--12.15 History and Literature--Final General Examination and Qualifying Examination (for Juniors, candidates for Honors) 9.15--12.15 Greek Translation 9.15--12.15 History of Ancient Philosophy and General Psychology 9.15--12.15 Sociology (Afternoon) 2.00--5.00 Music (Examination A) Tuesday, May 5 (Morning) 9.15--12.15 Fine Arts (written, with slides) 9.15--12.15 Geological Sciences 9.15--12.15 Latin Translation Literature, Ancient Authors (Honors) 9.15--12.15 Systematic Philosophy and Special Psychological Topics Wednesday, May 6 (Morning) Anthropology (oral...