Word: familiarly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appearance of a lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America as part of the program in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Professor Charles Eliot Norton's birth may seem unusual to those who are not familiar with Professor Norton's great services to the cause of archaeology. In 1879, soon after he had been appointed as a teacher at Harvard; Professor Norton sent out invitations to a group of friends, suggesting the establishment of the Archaeological Institute of America...
...unthinkable that Oxford should resent the arrival on the campus of the men with the cameras and the flaring breeches and the intention of "acquainting mankind with what Oxford stands for; to set forth in moving pictures the essential spirit of Oxford." Yet the Oxford "Isis" demands in a familiar style why "we should allow ourselves to be depicted as the trumpery actors in a roseate spectacle for colonial nincompoops...
...Senatorial ear with Senator Harding's nomination in 1920, was a most irresistible earwig. Not for a second could any one doubt that this earwig had attached itself to sincere Senator Curtis. Furthermore, obscure though he may seem to the voting public, Senator Curtis is prehaps more familiar to and with all sections and factions of the Republican Party than any other man. For many a year-as Senate whip and Senate floorleader* he has been the Republican Party's attentive, indefatigable housekeeper. Many a widower, despairing of remarrying brilliantly, has married his housekeeper...
...Fifth Avenue, not on Park, nor on Otto H. Kahn's 57th St. site, but on Broadway in the shabby brick building that has housed it these 44 years, the Metropolitan Opera Company began last week a new season. The scene was familiar: the line from the box office curling halfway round the block; taxis snarling at one another, limousines haughtily shouldering their way through; crowded lobbies and scalpers asking $50 apiece for seats from last-minute bidders; Thomas J. Bull, silk-hatted, correct, taking tickets at the door he has tended for 37 years; General Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza...
...dedication of the monument, which will consist of a stone block bearing two bas-reliefs of Haughton, will take place on November 19, the day of the Yale football game. One of the bronze figures will show the famous mentor in a familiar pose, with one knee on the ground and a megaphone poised to bark out some command on the gridiron; the other will depict him at his coaching specialty, punting...