Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...refusal of the Southern Pacific to transport Queen Marie of Rumania and her entourage over its lines free. Eventually the Interstate Commerce Commission and the nine roads over which Her Majesty will travel reached a working arrangement. Since absolutely free transportation over U. S. railroads is prohibited by law except for railroad employes, the Commission will create a special passenger rate schedule for the trains on which Her Majesty travels and at once withdraw the rate thereafter. Thus the ten-car special train placed at Queen Marie's disposal will twice cross the continent at a reputed cost...
...with my brother Herbert from a five-months' hunting trip in Africa, where I shot two lions, a lioness, a kudu (spiral-horned ante- lope), a wart hog, a water buffalo, a rhinoceros, many another quad- ruped and some birds. My shots killed all these creatures except the rhinoceros, whose neck my bullet entered, lacerating the beast to charging fury. My guide checked it with an accurate shot. I told newsgatherers that I had become so fond of African sport I would return next year, to stalk a giant sable antelope (curved, annulated horns; hairy muzzle; tufted tail...
Criss Cross. Charles B. Dillingham's big dress-parade is possessed of every grace except humor. Lively dancers, good tunes, gorgeous costumes are presented in abundance. Criss Cross could find no ready market for its splendors, however, were it not for that priceless pair, Stone pere and Stone fille. Dad's acrobatic clowning discovers laughs that the lines themselves never even hinted at, while Daughter's unspoiled charm is one of Broadway's fresh delights. The dull book goes on at length concerning a simple maid who is about to be begged, borrowed, or stolen from...
...loves and will always love Archie, the Quixotic, uniformed champion of the horse. Of course, when Mary shoots Josie, the last horse, there is nothing more for Archie to be loyal to, so he turns with a sigh to the taxicab Mary purchased for him, and it ends happily-except for poor old Josie. Mr. Barry presents it all in a fantasy-pageant, tender, sometimes sharply satirical. Never does he allow the symbolism to intrude upon the essential humanity of his men, women, and horse. Every minute is genuine theatre-a quaint hodgepodge, loosely bundled together, always delightful...
...Coquetry' and 'gourmandise' . . . are both of French origin. . . . Gourmandise has no name except in French...