Word: bells
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...political difficulties of tackling Mr. Everest were cleared away by the personal friendship between Sir Charles Bell and the Dalai Lama of Lhasa. In 1922 the first expedition made an in-road on the desired region, mapping the surroundings, gained knowledge of the weather and choosing a route up the peak. A few poor attempts were made on the mountain itself, but these were abruptly ended by the death of several porters in an avalanche...
...many "traditional" customs here, however, date back any great distance. To be sure, the tintinabulation of the college bell at the hour of 7 o'clock in the morning has been recurring daily for untold ages, and the college Yard has been a Yard for nearly 100 years and never once a Campus; but most of the collegiate Idiosyncrasies of Harvard are still in comparative infancy...
...HEART AND MY FLESH-Elizabeth Madox Roberts-Viking ($2.50). The Story. Theodosia Bell "was delicately modeled with strong slender limbs, swift in a game, quick-witted at play. Her red-brown hair hung in a ong braid or was twined braided about her head. Her fingers were small and thin, bent strangely about a fiddle, were quick among the fiddle strings, weighted with music." She grew up in a Southern town, a town in which the strong rhythms of life were matched against a cold and dreadful rhythm of decay. There were three men who came to her house, listening...
...Ohio Bell Telephone...
...Bell was kicked in the side in the Pennsylvania game and his slow recovery has been hampered by a bad cold and an attack of indigestion. Douglas, in much the same situation, is being hindered in his recovery from minor hurts by a cold. Both of these players should be ready for the Yale contest...