Word: creation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Belgians began suddenly last week to think in belgas. Overnight King Albert, by royal decree, proclaimed the creation of a new monetary unit, the belga, worth exactly five Belgian paper francs and exactly .209211 grams of gold...
From the Tenno* to whom he is what von Tirpitz was to Wilhelm II, Admiral Togo accepted, perforce, The Grand Order of the Chrysanthemum, The First Order of the Golden Kite, and his creation in 1907 as a count. At the time of his capture of Port Arthur the State declared the victory due to "the Virtue of the Tenno." The Tenno ascribed it to the intercession of his ancestors. Admiral Togo, asked which of these theories he favored, replied gravely and laconically: "Both...
...should be ultimately grateful to God for the gift of appreciation and of individuality. Religious worship affords an outlet for the personal gratitude one feels for life. Without this emotional outlet or without the solace of artistic creation, humans could not endure their own pent-up gratitude...
Chapman was followed by J. F. Barnes '27, who pointed out the danger of the individual becoming a stereotyped human being cast in a mould of governmental regulation. He attacked the American worship of majority rule, and declared that it led to the creation of a nation of beings in whom the spark of individuality was stifled...
...Formerly every year, now every other year, this prize is awarded for deserving new compositions. In the odd years an order is given to some proven composer for a new creation...