Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which was jammed to overflowing with Munich Catholics, His Eminence thundered: "Let us not forget that we were saved not by German blood but by the blood of Christ!" Storm Troopers did not set upon Cardinal Faulhaber. They let him proceed to ridicule the myths of "Teuton supremacy" in ancient times-myths, said His Eminence, which, even if taken at their face value, show the earliest and purest Teutons to have been slothful, self-indulgent, quarrelsome and degraders of women whom they condemned to the lowest menial tasks. Only a cardinal, a Prince of the Church, could get away with...
This is exactly the case with Mr. A. E. Thomas play "No More Ladies." At first sight it is impressive, but in retrospect it is seen to be riddled with faults. The plot is hackneyed, for it is the ancient story of what a wife does when she learns that her husband has been unfaithful to her. The lines possess a certain surface cleverness and brilliancy, but an unevenly mixed Coward-Barry-Lonsdale ancestry is painfully evident. In welcome relief to these mediocre features is the character portrayal; with the exception of the acidulous old lady who astounds the younger...
...almost two centuries Holden Chapel has proudly held its place between Hollis and Stoughton, its classic walls guarded by chubby cherubs and ancient ivy. Its personal history embraces a long and diverse stream of utility from that of college chapel and moral court to a science lecture room, laboratory and museum. Revolutionary soldiers upset its interior beauty during their enoampment in Cambridge, and it has never been restored. A suitable mecca for Harvard men would be created by its restoration, a lasting token of the tercentennial celebration preserved, and the elusive but eternal sparks of a great tradition enhanced within...
...Grandfather," President of Catalonia; after an appendectomy; in Barcelona. After long years of ridicule and exile, he was chiefly responsible for Catalonia's present autonomy under the Spanish Republic. When the monarchy fell, he proclaimed a Catalan Republic five hours before Madrid did a Spanish Republic, revived the ancient Catalan Cortes, language and flag...
...prospering Roosevelts were able to take a hand in founding the Chemical Bank (now Manhattan's potent Chemical Bank & Trust Co.). By 1845 a biographer, rating the Roosevelt fortune at the then fat figure of $500,000, observed: "No family shines more honorably in the ancient Dutch annals of this Province than the Roosevelts, the venerated Burgomasters of their day." And by the end of the Civil War, having left the hardware business far behind, Roosevelt & Son was a full-fledged banking house...