Word: basil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...alternatives: 1) Abandon the metropolis altogether, establishing Russia's capital elsewhere and enshrining the more picturesque parts of Moscow as a permanent "Museum City." 2) Destroy the present city of Moscow and build a modernistic capital on its site. 3) Preserve the tall-towered Kremlin and fantastic St. Basil's Cathedral, but destroy the whole encircling rabbit warren of crooked streets; enlarge the vast Red Square to twice its present size, and generally turn Moscow into a city of wide boulevards, imposing squares and grandiose parks...
...many a famed musician. From her experience as patron-director of the concerts, Mrs. Armsby has written a book. Musicians Talk in which she frequently refers to visitors at her home-Gabrilowitsch, Hertz, Tibbett, Molinari, Walter, Coates- as "the celebrities." This summer's Hillsborough celebrities: Richard Lert, Basil Cameron, Jose Iturbi...
...Basil L. ("Stuffy") Walters, 39, short, barrel-shaped (100-lb.) and genial, is managing editor of both the Register (morning) and Tribune (evening). Between his two staffs, entirely separate for each paper, has grown a genuine news rivalry, essential in a city where there is no other local competition...
...world's most famed arms tycoon, Sir Basil Zaharoff, whom he had encountered in Nice: "He is what I would term an international merchant. There is no mistaking that he is a great figure in world business. I knew him first when he headed Vickers in England and have frequently met him abroad since then. He is getting along in years, as I am myself. I told him recently that he made one mistake and that was not taking the Press into his confidence. Because he did not do so, many mysterious stories arose behind...
...years ago Bishop Basil Vladimir Ladyka, resident in Winnipeg, commanded the errant fathers to petition the Vatican for a ruling on their cases. To the two small Ontario parishes where the two were settled-Oshawa (200 Ukrainian Catholics) and Brantford (400)- last week went reply. The fathers could remain in the priesthood by separating from their families, continuing, however, to support them. Otherwise the two would be unfrocked...