Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...civic center two miles long, surrounded by several square miles of massive buildings, terraces, etc.; a large enclosed court in which a game like basketball was played; life-size statues of Chac-Mool, the "Tiger King " of the Mayas ; a sacred well, 150 feet across and 70 feet deep, used by the Maya religious cults. In the mud at the bottom of this well have been found human skeletons - the most beautiful maidens were hurled to death here at annual festivals to propitiate the rain gods - and extraordinary relics of jade, mosaics, pottery, weapons, balls of copal- offerings brought...
...Department of State has canceled the authorization for a visa for Mme. Kalinin, wife of the President of the so-called Soviet Republic of Russia. The presence of Mme. Kalinin in this country is rendered wholly undesirable by the deep feeling which has been aroused by the execution of Vicar General Butchkavitch. The action of the department is taken especially in protest against this execution...
...Revere White, a convict who worked in a turpentine camp in Bradford County, Florida. White testified that because he was unable to do as much work as the Negro convicts he was given five lashes with an eight pound strap, each lash knocking him on the ground and cutting deep gashes in his flesh. Hearings will be continued until the jury has amassed sufficient evidence upon which to base indictments...
...rather have met a relative of Dickens' than any crowned head in Europe," he insisted. Dickens, it seems, is his literary god. Shakespeare? Oh, yes? Well and good? but Dickens! Why? For the reason that the humor of Stephen Leacock persists because it is based on a deep understanding of the human mind and a sympathy for human frailty. If only more of our present day writers would turn their attention to the picturing of individual characters and spend some time in abstract analysis of character, we should have more real literature...
...piling up six runs, forcing Lotspeich to retire from the mound and adding still another run to the total before Moore, his successor brought the inning to a close. The fourth inning brought in two more Crimson runs when, with Thayer on first, Gordon sent out a fly to deep center which went through the fielder's hands, and enabled him to complete the circuit for a home run. The fifth inning added two more to the total when F. S. Hill smashed out a three-base hit and was brought home by Larrabee who in turn completed the circuit...