Word: decays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Londoners, who have often smiled at U. S. hero-hysteria, took the occasion to make the return of Amy a public demonstration of the prowess of Young Britain, a formal refutation of "decay in the gardens of England." "I wish to emphasize particularly," said Lord Thomson, "that 1930 has been a young woman's year...
...presented to him, is but one of many means of great revenue that he gave outright to the work. Another loss of his was in his dissolution of the Order of the Star, because a spiritual or theologic organization conflicted with his contention that walls stopped progress and meant decay. A modern Socrates, he but asks that the world stand out of his sunshine. Krishnamurti is poor...
...those self-appointed intellectual aristocrats who contend mildly that decay in some forms is wholesome, we reply with philosophic broad-mindedness that they may be right. If they are, let us have done with sham. Let us admit that Princeton no longer can compete with her ancient rivals. Let us ask Williams, Amherst, and Wesleyan whether they will take us in. An immediate and never-failing reason alleged for our cloud-swept athletic horizon is, of course, curricular difficulty. Being neither the Oxford nor the Cambridge of America, Princeton-so the story goes-is seeking to become the Harvard...
...children crippled by contracted and misplaced jaws, when relieved of these afflictions, generally put on weight and exhibit better mentality? Why does pregnancy usually interfere with the calcification balance, and why do women, particularly of the poorer classes, at this critical time often suffer severely from galloping decay'? These are a few of the many questions before the earnest investigator who never tires of asking why! There is still much to be learned about the causes and treatment of the deformities of the teeth and treatment of the deformities of the teeth and jaws, about the relation of biological chemistry...
Photographers last week prepared to take huge, detailed pictures of Michelangelo's magnificent paintings in Rome's Sistine Chapel. Reason: the Michelangelos must be treated for chemical decay in the paint, damp air and dust effects, carbon deposits from the smoke of holy candles. The photographs will be used to check the restorative process...