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Word: burnes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first heat of his love for Josephine, Napoleon wrote: "I am waiting for you. I am wholly filled with you. Sweet, incomparable Josephine ... I find calm when I give myself up to my passion, that on your lips, at your heart, I may fan the flames which burn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Non-Fiction | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

...replaced the old library which had been lost by fire with a new one of his own. The colleges in those days was not the prosperous organization it is now, and such a gift meant as much then as would the gift of a new library today, should Widener burn to the ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EX LIBRIS | 2/25/1927 | See Source »

...less importance will be the dash events, in which A. H. Miller '27, H. W. Burns '28, and C. G. T. Lundell '27 have been chosen to wear the Crimson. The University sprinters will clash with a galaxy of stars in the 40, 50, and 60 yard events. Miller will have an opportunity to burn up the boards with McAllister, popularly known as the "Flying Cop." A week ago McAllister sped by Chester Bowman, the national 60 yard champion, to win by a yard. The Crimson's giant speedster will start with Russell, the Cornell star, McAllister and Charles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEAM PICKED FOR MILLROSE RELAYS | 2/1/1927 | See Source »

Fleshy Feodor Karamazov has begot, among others, three legitimate sons. The fierce appetites of the sire burn in the brothers. The father is murdered, the oldest son accused. Innocent, he accepts the punishment of Siberian exile, in order to repent the many excesses of his tempestuous nature, thus enters Salvation. The youngest brother finds light and peace in the holy sacrifice of priesthood. The second, whose fate is stark tragedy, has evolved a philosophy of cold rationality, wherein there is neither God nor morality, but only masterful determination to take advantage of every circumstance Fortune throws his way. Apprised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 17, 1927 | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

...cried "mad dog." Last autumn, an ecstatic writer of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote: "Once Kentucky had charm and individuality. Now it is hard to distinguish it from Kansas. The hills are full of antievolutionists, prohibitionists and reformers, and the Ku Klux Klan's fiery crosses burn under the walls of its abandoned distilleries. . . ." Enraged, fuming, two-fisted Governor W. J. Fields telegraphed the St. Louis paper: "Your vicious and unwarranted editorial attack upon Kentucky . . . indicates that you are either a liar or a fool, and I am inclined to believe that you are both." Paralyzed, the affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rabies | 12/27/1926 | See Source »

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