Word: dying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Included in the program is a Chinese fairy tale in which a willow tree goes out of its way to help a princess in distress. The tree bears one banana to appease the wrath of an angry mandarin, and die immediately after accomplishing its errand of mercy...
...nothing more than institutions of learning." Nothing more gloriously ironic has ever emanated from any editorial column. One wishes that one might believe the World's Greatest Newspaper to have its tongue in its cheek, to be heaping coals of fire on those colleges and universities who live and die by their virgin goals lines. Such an attitude would be possible with almost any other journal in these United States--excepting the Chicago Tribune. They are not given to sardonics, these western magogs. They are sorry maliciously and gloatingly sorry...
...second: "My last day as Chief of the Imperial General Staff brings you very much to my mind and those glorious days when together, in rough and boisterous times, we fought for our country. I cannot therefore let the day die without a word of admiration for the part you then played and for the many kindnesses I received from...
...Manhattan, Mrs. Elizabeth Hendrickson called her two sons. Like Spartans preparing for death, she dressed her children in their best clothes, washed their faces, brushed their hair, took them into the kitchen, locked the door and turned on the gas. Neighbors rescued the three before they had time to die...
...merely a transition unchecked by fear of retribution. Hence he sweeps through the pages with a colorful vigor; a complete libertine and a consummate lover. Though the cold perspiration of death stands on his body, his spirit has only the taunt: "Non Omnis Moriar--not all of me shall die...