Word: crowdedness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Every British schoolboy learns that in 1348 the Countess of Salisbury embarrassingly shed a garter on a crowded, royal ballroom floor. Courtiers tittered but gallant Edward III saved the situation by putting the thing on his left leg, proclaiming, "Honi soit qui mal y pense" (Evil be to him who...
Before they heard this bad news, the Senate had been thrown into a turmoil when four days earlier the lower house passed the most sweeping amnesty bill in Cuba's history. Under its provisions thousands of prisoners awaiting trial for political offenses and common crimes ranging from pocket-picking...
At every stop in the 900-mi, trip across the plains to Shanghai, rich and poor Chinese crowded to see the man who was rich enough to hire a special. To the sick man they paid little attention, because the Press had raised a great tirade against the influential American...
When Preacher Lee mounted his pulpit he cried, "This is not a publicity stunt." Photographers' bulbs flashed in his face. "What I mean," he continued, "is that there is a real purpose behind my preaching. If it brings publicity which will bring converts to the faith, then all is...
At least some small consolation to the several hundred members of the bulky Class of 1940 who tried unsuccessfully to squeeze their way into a House system already uncomfortably crowded except in the high-price level, is the announcement that an old frame building on Riverview Avenue will be added...