Word: crosse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...change in the topic meant no change in the quality of his discourse. The Charing Cross bridge was ugly, materialistic, rectangular. To people like Bigelow anything curved is more beautiful than anything rectangular...
...party with violent boastfulness about purely imaginary royalties that so galled Bigelow - that is, the sort of person he wanted me to be, and that's the sort of person he means me to be if lying can do it-and when the remarks about the Charing Cross bridge come in they are very generously ascribed to Anthony Hope, who is quite incapable of such stupidities...
...tigon" (lion and tiger hybrids). This factor bears directly upon such hybrids' commercial value. Great would be the fortune of that showman who could advertise an "eleraffe" or "rhinocerdile," whether the animal was sterile or not. Greater would be that showman's fraud, however. It is impossible to cross animals not of the same order or family...
...only break in Professor Fairclough's studies came during the World War when he took charge of the American and Belgium relief work being undertaken by the Red Cross Staff at Berne, Switzerland. He was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the American Red Cross and performed work of the highest value...
...made Commissioner to Montenegro. For his relief work in Serbia the Red Cross of that country decorated him and later Prince Alexander of Serbia honored him with the Order of the White Eagle, making him a Commander in the Order of St. Sava III. For his work for the Belgium forces he was made an officer de Fordre de la couronne...