Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...designed scenery for the Nativity dramas, and afterwards labored in their silent studios to preserve the immediacy of the plays in paint. One who succeeded was an obscure master named Bernardino Luini, living in Milan. For such artists as Luini, the birth of Christ was not merely a historical event to be celebrated in its proper season, but .an ever-present reality-as immediate as the birth of one's own son-and so he saw nothing strange in taking it from its temporal context and creating a contemporary Italian Bethlehem. The result was sometimes as stilted-looking...
...village police inspector, pretender to the throne of Britain as King Anthony I (he claimed direct descent from Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn); of a heart ailment; in Little Dewchurch, England. Hall, who leaves no heir (his older brother Don, once renounced all claims to kingship in the event of Anthony's success), campaigned for the throne with dignity but persistence, addressed some 2,000 outdoor meetings. At various times he sent a notice to King George V to quit, plumped for the return of the American colonies to Britain, and tried to build up the royal exchequer...
Billy the Kid. The other great event of Wallace's life was his term as governor of New Mexico. He reached Santa Fe in September 1878, to find his constituency deep in a bloody feud. The wealthy cattle firm of Lawrence G. Murphy & Co. had been threatened by a likable young Englishman named John Tunstall. So far, 23 men, including Tunstall himself, had been murdered...
...into effect, argued Wallace members Richard Reichard 3G and An Kubie, Radcliffe '50, the European Recovery Plan would float large loans encouraging European capitalism, and, in addition, tend to make satellites of some countries in the event of another...
...surprise of the evening was Milt Buzby, who captured top honors in the 50-yard freestyle to provide an unexpected five points for the Crimson. This offset an unlooked for Tech uprising which netted the home team first and second places in the 150-yard backstroke event...