Word: cap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...theatre, late for a dinner, late for a party, but in general the ensconced person can give points to the newcomer. Upon this system, the third year man looks at the Freshman with amused disdain. The Freshman, it is true, does not know that he must raise his cap to the proctors, does not know that the sleekness of his new gown is revolting, thinks that the head porter is a tutor, and wears his college tie. But the third year man was just the same some time ago, and in the present Freshman he is despising his past self...
Continental's Can was lined with a waxy substance. Sealed with a cap, it could be opened with an ordinary bottle opener, could be run on brewery bottling lines with little change of machinery. But Continental's cost more than American's. Continental had another reason why canned beer tastes better than bottled: It can be Pasteurized faster...
...Addis Ababa two Sundays ago the Abuna, "Father of Peace" to the Coptic Christians of Ethiopia, donned a black cassock, long cape and purple cap. As nominal head of the Church, Emperor Haile Selassie arose early, stepped into his automobile which took him up a hill to the octagonal, ornate Cathedral of St. Ghiorghis. He took off his wing-tipped sport shoes, padded into the gold-veiled sanctuary. Empress Waizeru Menen, who dearly loves the Christian solace of confession, and 70 plump brown Ethiopian ladies entered the Cathedral by another door. In concentric circles according to rank squatted court functionaries...
...lately vacated by "Power Trust" lobbyists, eagerly watching an experiment in child psychology. Fortnight ago the House, in bold defiance of President Roosevelt, flatly refused to vote a "death sentence" upon utility .holding companies. Now Dr. Morgan and Mr. Lilienthal were particularly interested to see whether it would cap one defiance with another, or whether the President was justified in his confidence that, frightened by its previous temerity, the House would return to its normal obedience. TVA's Morgan and Lilienthal fairly gurgled with satisfaction to find how completely right Papa Roosevelt, experienced in training children...
...less impressive than the change in the fortunes of Discovery this year has been that of the 22-year-old owner who bought him for $25,000 in 1932, just after the Vanderbilt silks (cerise, white diamonds and white cap; had been registered with The Jockey Club. Properly speaking, the Vanderbilt Stables came into existence in 1934. The autumn before. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt celebrated his coming of age with a party at Cedar Knoll. Sands Point, L. I. From the estate of his father, who went down with the Lusitania, he got the first installment (about...