Word: angells
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hills and oasis of Kheybar-then south again with a caravan to the Mecca region, ending at the English Consulate at Jidda-a two years' saga of fortitude. And every stone, every plant, every beast on the way he observed with an eye as impartial as an angel's, set down the history and peculiarities of every tribe he met, passed through enough adventures to shake the soul of an Argive chief. Ten more years went to the writing of his travels. Those 20 years have built him a monument well nigh unique in literary history- the unique...
...Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine ape: " A despatch from Buenos Aires stated that I arrived in La Paz, Bolivia, ' in a sulky mood.' Met by a cheering crowd, I fled hastily in my automobile, refused to raise my hat. Later, when I failed to appear at an athletic meeting, the citizens interpreted this as another slight. They marched the streets crying: 'Death to Firpo...
...Republican. He is indubitably Dry. Mr. Pinchot is therefore determined to be even more orthodox, and more Dry. There is no doubt among political observers that such is his policy. The Governor of Pennsylvania hopes to win a national following among "the church people"* by posing as the very angel of Drought. As such he can safely aim a few shafts of criticism at an ordinary prohibitionist such as Mr. Coolidge. There is already a record of his marksmanship: 1) At the Citizenship Conference of the Council of Churches (TIME, Oct. 22) he declared with thinly veiled criticism that...
...young girl gone mad from unrequited love. He has, with the complete coöperation of the actor currently concerned, made her lover so grossly unattractive that she seems a fool to tolerate him, much less dive in the Danube on rejection. Subsequently she thinks herself an angel, wears feather wings and drinks glasses of milk at stated intervals...
Finally, Miss Lord. A magnificent fallen angel in Anna Christie, her histrionic range stopped far short of the ethereal quality of Launzi. Furthermore, she is not suited to the part either in face or figure. Fat angels are unimpressive...