Word: bows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...call a love match. At last Mafalda and Philip were forced to sign a long petitior in which they promised that any children that may be vouchsafed to them will be reared as strict Catholics. Behind his thick spectacles il Papa, "prisoner" of the nation whose princes must bow to him in matters spiritual, pondered well the petition. Eventually his lips formed the affirmative command of the Caesars. "Fiat!" said il Papa. "Fiat!" echoed King Vittorio, modern Caesar, in puny imitation. "! ! !" cried Mafalda...
...casting to the four winds of the traditional Crimson offense. Other pronosticators have advanced the belief that the attack will be fundamentally the same. No hint as to what is going on inside has come from the Stadium gates, however, and the football world is awaiting eagerly the bow of the 1925 machine against Renssclaer Polytechnic Institute a week from next Saturday...
...Yacht Mayflower sailing home from Swampscott with the presidential silver, china and servitors, making her way across Massachusetts Bay toward the Cape Cod Canal, was almost rammed by the liner Martha Washington. The Mayflower cut across the liner's bow and the Martha Washington was obliged to order full speed astern...
...business man. The fact that four of the Army men were appointed to Southern districts in which Republican Senators are but slightly interested, sharpened the suspicion that General Andrews' attempt to get new men had caused a political storm before which he was forced to bow...
...lines, lit flares to guide a landing-party. For this exploit he received a medal from his Government. When Author Sir James Barrie, some time later, was delivering a now celebrated address before St. Andrews University, he referred to this incident as an example of incomparable courage, turned to bow to Colonel Freyberg who sat behind him on the platform...