Word: excepting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President tendered a dinner to the Italian Debt Commission, which was attended by the entire Cabinet except the Postmaster General, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor, and likewise by Senators Smoot, Borah and Swanson, and Representative Theodore E. Burton...
...service that followed differed in no particular from a Roman High-Mass except that it was sung in English. At the moment when the bread and wine were consecrated, a gong rang and the kneeling congregation intoned "Blessed, praised and adored forevermore be Jesus Christ on his throne of glory." Every session of the congress began with an "Ave Maria." The favorite hymn was one ending with the refrain, "Hail, Mary, full of grace." Rosaries, crucifixes and sacred images were offered for sale to the members. During the three days of sessions a number of eminent churchmen spoke, among them...
...country, failures last October were 11% under those for October, 1924, and last month's liabilities were 21% under those for the corresponding period in 1924. In only New England were this year's failures heavier than the year before, while liabilities were lighter in all sections except the South and Central West...
...cellar and butteries, and all from thenceforth to the farthest end of the south porch; to the cook the kitchen, larder, and the way leading to the hatch, the turret, and the north alley unto the walk; neither shall the butler or cook suffer any scholar or scholars whatever, except the Fellows, Masters of Art, fellow commoners, or, officers of the House, to come into the butteries or kitchen, save with their parents or guardians, or with some grave and sober strangers; and, if any shall presume to thrust in, they shall have three pence on their heads...
...ancient Greece, the victorious athlete was adjudged a crown of olive, his praises were sung in an ode, and his triumphs were celebrated by a magnificent procession, and a riotous evening festival. In modern America, where olives do not abound except in jars, where the art of ode-making has degenerated since the time of Homer, where processions are a nuisance to traffic officers, and riotous festivals are rather stupid for lack of the means of making them genuinely riotous, it has been necessary to seek a new reward for unbeaten brawn...