Word: archaically
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...influenza epidemic of 1918 when it became standard British hospital diet. Bovril profits - some $1,500,000 a year -have been built in part upon the assurance, heartily shared by its noble directors, that the sense of fun never sets on the British Empire. Too conservative to desert the archaic method of advertising by quips and slogans, Bovril cajolements for the past 25 years have been almost an almanac of British humor, a glossary to theatrical and taproom slang. Bovril's august board has catered not only to the British appetite for beef, but also to the British appetite...
...Assent of George V to most British Parliamentary bills is still given in archaic Norman French "La Roy Ia Valt...
...Technicalities are made to be disregarded during emergencies. It is right, fair and good sportsmanship that Harvard should do its part and not hide behind archaic regulations to avoid its plain duty...
...Portugal". As only twenty three of the letters have been published before, the present volume offers fresh material of value to the historian as well as the lay reader. The letters are in the original Portuguese but a modern Portuguese glossary is provided of some of the more archaic forms...
Christian Scientist headquarters characterize the 1875 edition as "archaic" and so describe the 57 other varieties which were issued between that date and 1906. The standard edition, which was copy- righted in 1906, is protected by U. S. copyright law until 1962, and is looked upon as the true gospel of Mrs. Eddy...