Word: evergreen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rumanian Carol's visit Czechoslovakian Prague was en fête. Triumphal arches had been erected in the main streets which were decorated with flags and evergreen. Prague's electric works reduced their rates by 35% to insure that the city's illuminations should blaze far into the night. Cardinal Kaspar, head of the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia, went so far as to permit his Czech flock to eat meat all day Friday. Nothing was lacking to make the reception the sort that Carol most enjoys. There were champagne banquets, boy scouts, a gala opera, hordes...
...this color centers about the outdoor Tercentenary Theatre, with a capacity of 15,000 people. An amplifying system has been installed and there are two booths from which photographers can take movies of the activities on the stage on the steps of the Memorial Chapel. A half mile of evergreen has been strung about the various parts of the theatre...
...dance will be held in the spacious dining room of Dudley Hall, which has been decorated for the occasion with evergreen trees, streamers, and wall decorations...
...Vancouver, Washington's Evergreen Kennel Club dog track, while the rest of the field of greyhounds as usual chased the mechanical rabbit vainly around the track. Mignonette, a novice bitch, tore off in the opposite direction and met the rabbit headon. Mignonette tore the fluff lure off the moving rack and the rest of the field pounced on it. The race was canceled...
...Rodgers & Hart melodies ("When You've Got a Little Springtime In Your Heart," "Over My Shoulder Goes Care," "Dancing on the Ceiling") sound infinitely better than their titles. Miss Matthews sings and dances to them as gracefully as they deserve. The only really weak spots in Evergreen are its happily infrequent efforts to be comic. Sample: The heroine to her scapegrace father: "Do you mind if I open the window?" His reply: "No, but don't give...