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...clergy greeted each other amiably. Cardinal Cerretti seated himself; watched President Doumergue hand the red hat to Cardinal Dubois; received from Cardinal Dubois the red hat (which the Papal ablegate, Roman Prince Monte Leon, had rushed with the Papal decree of creation from Rome); knelt on a coronation cushion the République has frugally preserved from monarchial times; felt the soft folds of the cappa magna fall over his shoulders from the hands of his brother cardinal; passed into a makeshift vestry; donned in privacy the complete cardinalitial regalia; stepped out a prince of the Church; accepted felicitations...
Almost at once, a solid cushion of fog robbed them of all observation of drift and ground speed. A powerful gale sprang from the northeast, forced them west, cost them heavily in priceless gasoline. Two hours later, they outran the fog, came out above a solid white of the polar ice, ridged, hummocked, corrugated like a sheet of twisted steel...
...greatest billiard players in the world? Hoppe chalked his cue, made a run of 86. This, the gallery thought, was something like it. The game went on. Neither man was at his best, but Hoppe was the smoother of the two. Then Schaefer got the balls against the cushion, began to run off shots suavely, rapidly. The twitching of his cue was barely perceptible, his head hardly moved; 296 shots he made, stopped. There was no point in scoring any more. He was champion...
...Dutchman, one Takkenberg, entered the city of Paris. He wore a heavy leather coat, leather gloves, and a cushion on the back of his neck. He had taken just eight months to reach Paris from Holland and had just six months more in which to reach Marseilles in order to win a wager. He travels about five miles a day. His method of progression is to put his hands on the ground, lift his feet, turn a neat somersault, repeat the process ad infinitum...
...Woolsack is a red-covered cushion stuffed with wool. The first is said to have been placed in the House by Edward III to remind their lordships of the importance of England's wool trade...