Word: blows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...does the Holy See in maintaining good relations with the Pope. In this connection it was asserted that French interests are constantly 'being furthered by employment, through the Vatican, of Catholic missions in the Far and Near East. The power of Catholicism in France received its first great blow in 1789 when all Church property became nationalized. From 1801 to 1905, however, relations between the State and Church were governed by the Concordat of Pope Pius VII, which stipulated: 1) that all nationalized Church property be placed at the disposal of the Church...
...eighth saw another fine chance wasted. Walsh's barefaced larceny robbed Samborski of a hit, although the force of the blow felled him. The Purple third-sacker recovered himself quickly and his throw nailed Samborski by half a stride. Brown singled to right and sprinted around to third when Jenkins his safely. Campbell and Gordon were, however, easy infield outs and Carroll's shutout record was unmarred...
...called "The Band of Gold," and has been recruited largely from the ranks of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The players (120 of them) are costumed in scintillating yellow uniforms. Their faces beam with merriment. They blow their horns with hilarious gusto. Their cheeks puff out like full-bloom peonies...
...Mason (Chairman), Professor Walter Henry Hall and Dr. Walter Damrosch. The result, just announced by Mr. Mason: "None of the contestants showed sufficient promise to warrant his receiving the reward." So there will be no young American Pulitzer scholar in music who will sail this Summer. This is a blow to native pride. But hundred percenters may point out that our young musicians may receive just as good-or better-training by patronizing American teachers, than by journeying across the Atlantic and squandering $1,500 in Paris, Munich or Vienna...
...passing of the Soldier's Bonus is to both democracy and party government the sorest blow of many years: To democracy, in that a popularly chosen group of law makers could be so blind, willfully or not, to the needs of the country at large, as to pass the bill; to party government, in that its principles, and with them its possible benefits, were thrown to the winds by the rank desertion of certain Republican congressmen...