Word: cesare
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. Paul Marie Theodore Vincent d'Indy, 80, French composer (Istar Wallenstein, Fervaal), pupil of the late Cesar Franck, co-founder (1894) and director since 1911 of the Paris Schola Cantorum; in Paris...
...Last week President Hoover formally received Dr. Celeo Davila as the new Honduran Minister to the U. S. The President will have to be careful not to confuse him with Ambassador Carlos Davila of Chile, Minister Charles Davila of Rumania, Commercial Attaché Cesar Davila of Venezuela or Resident Commissioner Felix Davila of Porto Rico...
...perpetuated in one of the new Harvard Houses. Three years later, in 1776, the same degree was conferred on George Washington, and in 1779 it was bestowed on General Gates who had defeated Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga. In 1781 the degree of LL.D. was given to Anne Cesar de La Luzerne, French Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, to John Adams, of the class of 1755, and to Arthur Lee, United States Minister to France from...
...pantomine was the Victorian "Piq-Nique," illustrating a hoopskirted female terrified of spiders, fishing worms, the cold brook; awed by the imaginary male recumbent under an umbrella. In "Webs," an overintellectualized conception, Miss Enters struggled ineffectually with the jazz age, moved hysterically to a Symphony" potpourri of and Cesar "Papa Franck's Loves "D Mama," Minor ended up on one knee like Al ("Mammy") Jolson...
This cynic admired one man: Napoleon. In the disastrous campaign against Russia, Henri followed him, this time as a member of the Emperor's staff. With the abdication of Napoleon, Henri took refuge in Italy, turned to literature. His first book, under the pseudonym Louis Alexandre Cesar Bombet, was proved to be a plagiarism from one Carpani. From Henri's point of view, however his version was merely a brilliant condensation of a dull book. He was looked on with suspicion by the Austrian authorities in Italy, who thought he might be a Carbonaro, and finally was expelled...