Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...international exchange of valuable art treasures, whereby the Fogg Museum surrenders to the Spanish government the Sahagun Tomb, the most ancient sculptured seculchre of the Middle Ages in Europe, was announced yesterday. The Republic of Spain proclaiming the "sentiments of her gratitude and fraternity which from now on will link the National Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Harvard University," presented the Fogg with a collection of objects of great artistic and archological value. Among the objects received were bronze figurines and columns dating from...
...flew to Puerto Rico to take up his duties and announce a New Deal. As his airplane approached San Juan, he seized a microphone, broadcast a plea to Puerto Ricans for cooperation. Despite a downpour of rain there was a crowd waiting to welcome him, escort him to the ancient fort which is the Governor's mansion. His first public act was to attend mass in the cathedral. To Puerto Ricans this was an auspicious start. Then he repaired to the capitol for his inaugural address. Unlike Governor Theodore Roosevelt he learned no Spanish, gave his speech in English...
...Berlin six Catholic organizations whose headquarters they padlocked: the Catholic Peace League; Catholic Storm Troop; Windhorst League; Flock of the Cross; Peoples Union of Catholic Germany and Catholic Young Men's Association. With religious frenzy mounting, half-naked Nazis appeared in Berlin wearing strips of animal skins and ancient Teutonic horned caps. Loudly touting a return to the worship of Thor and Wodan they celebrated in a Berlin stadium the "Festival of the Swastika" (Nazi symbol), seemed to consider their acts religious. Sunday found banners with the pagan swastika or Hakenkreuz ("hooked cross") stuck up beside the cross...
...ancient history, however, but mod ern instances concerned Kuhn, Loeb partners last week. Well could they foresee questioning about their financing of Penn-road Corp., of Paramount Publix. on whose board they seated Sir William Wiseman (last week absent in Europe) long before Depression made bankers common in the movie business...
...Hongkong hospital. He was an inmate, she a visitor. Aged (77). penniless, shaky but brazen, the old scamp regaled her with such engagingly improbable tales, carried himself with such an unabashed air of grandeur that she was fascinated. A White Russian refugee, by his own account descended from an ancient French family, Count Nicolas spoke and wrote English of a sort; Authoress Benson decided to edit his rodomontadinous reminiscences. Pull Devil, Pull Raker is an antiphonal collaboration: the Count supplies the text. Authoress Benson a disclaiming commentary. Sometimes, when the Count's version sufficiently annoys her professional...