Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years ago when Dick Powell went through the paces of "Flirtation Walk", and which has been used in countless musical spectacles since that time, forms the basis of "Navy Blue and Gold," currently featured at the University Theatre. "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry", the co-feature, also plays upon an ancient theme in a familiar way; one might almost think this was review week...
...fifty-five metallic groups, only fifteen have been extensively utilized utilized. From ancient times, gold, silver, Iron, copper, tin, zinc, lead, and mercury have been used. And within recent years the aluminum, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, and nickel groups have also found uses...
Close to the mouth of the Polish Corridor lies the Free City of Danzig with a population predominantly German. Nearly three years ago Danzig's citizens went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for a pro-Nazi local government. Last year Danzig's ancient Hanseatic flag was given a corner in the Nazi Swastika flag, Nazi Leader Albert Forster publicly acknowledged his loyalty to Adolf Hitler, and the world waited to see how soon Germany would openly annex the Baltic city...
Last week the Smithsonian announced that it had received helpful testimony from Sir Flinders Petrie, the British archeologist who has done more than any other man alive to recreate the ancient civilization of Egypt. Sir Flinders, 84, describes himself as "quite sound and normal." At 20, he wore a size 6½ hat. At 30, size 7 to 7½. At 40, size 7¼. At 50, size 7½. After he was 60 no standard size would...
TIME quotes Mrs. Edithe Dahl (Jan. 17) as claiming to have received a letter from General Franco in which he used the words, "Your obedient servant kisses your foot." Then TIME adds: "To General Franco, who is a married man, this may have proved embarrassing." Error. It is an ancient and courtly Spanish custom to terminate a formal letter to a lady thus...