Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...night month ago the S. S. District of Columbia, ancient sidewheeler of the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co., chuffed down the quiet Potomac on its regular overnight run from Washington to Norfolk. About midnight a ''red-faced'' man stepped up to the deserted refreshment counter and ordered a bottle of beer. Just as he was served, a lean, bespectacled, elderly man, whose grey head was topped with a brown beret, sauntered up beside him. Because they seemed to be total strangers, the clerk was surprised when the red-faced man handed his beer over...
...respect to the proportion of elementary to advanced courses, the concentrators offered the following criticisms: In Ancient History there are many detailed courses, but no survey course. There was a demand for a survey course in intellectual history, since History 1 covers political, and History 40 only a short and detailed period...
...Roberts, whose recent swing to the liberals has resulted in a series of decisions upholding the New Deal, pays close attention to the white-haired attorney (centre) arguing before the Court. Next comes conservative Justice Butler, hunched in his little chair studying a document. Liberal Justice Brandeis, 80, most ancient member of the Court, looks gauntly on. Conservative Justice Van Devanter, hearing one of his last cases, has his fingers before his mouth. The Chief Justice fingers his snowy mustache. Conservative Justice McReynolds stares meditatively at the fine ceiling of the court room (not shown in the picture). Conservative Justice...
...This scripture, like Mr. Green's, is not to be found in the Bible. The dramatist Sophocles wrote: "Those whom Zeus would destroy he first makes mad," repeating an ancient Greek adage...
Next afternoon just as the ancient twin-funneled royal yacht sailed off toward Portsmouth harbor, there broke from its yardarm the little signal flags dear to every sailor's heart. By the tactics of 100 years ago they meant, "Splice the Main-Brace," i.e., repair the stays holding up the middle of a frigate's three masts. By venerable naval usage "Splice the Main-Brace" means to issue an extra round of navy rum to every man jack aboard ship. Again the fleet...