Word: behinder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cecil lobby's marble pillars. And to the astonishment of foreign onlookers he seized one of the choir boys by the scruff, hustled him forward and bumped his head vigorously against the pillar. The procession moved on into the dining room, the doors were closed behind them...
Suddenly, behind blue hydrangeas, the band of the Irish Guards struck up "God Save the Queen." The folding doors opened, disclosed the broad gold-laced backs of the court chamberlain and court steward, bowing low before Majesty. Chamberlain and steward backed into the room. Entered the Queen of England, ablaze with diamonds, wearing a "white and gold gown with an overdress of changeable pastel shades," as fashion technicians described it. Holding her firmly by the hand was scarlet-coated Edward of Wales, his uniform collar embroidered with the wild onion of the Welsh Guards. Prince Edward led his mother...
...debutantes entered, three white feathers in their hair, court trains trailing just 18 inches on the ground behind them, long white gloves on their arms. One by one they curtsied as the chamberlain read their names aloud, and walked backwards to the side of the throne room. Each presentation took just 30 seconds. Miss Wills was seen to smile slightly as the Queen dipped her head in acknowledgment of the Wills curtsey...
...cracked up and had to hit his ball 82 times before holing out at lunch time. Hagen, wind or no wind, dropped back to his steady 75 pace, and held it during the afternoon. Diegel needed a 70 to tie, another 69 to win. He took 77, and dropped behind U. S. Open Champion Johnny Farrell (294) to finish third with...
...this has been changed. Behind such shibboleths as "sport for sport's sake" and "athletics for all" stands a real change in values. Where every effort is bent toward an ideal of every man playing a game for its own sake, the meaning of the false distinction conferred by an athletic letter has vanished. There was a time when only the men who wore letters played; now nearly everyone plays, and while the letter may serve a purpose as a marker of outstanding ability in a game, there should be gradations of honors among the different sports...