Word: fine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only thing irregular about the whole procedure was that Mr. Blackton was only fined $1 and costs whereas the law provides a minimum fine of $10 and costs...
With surprising gumption Dr. Schuschnigg said no. Subsequently he was understood to have learned that France and Britain were finally willing to support him with something more than fine words. It was to prevent Hungary from following this uncomfortable lead that last week's visit was arranged. There were peasant processions, State dinners, and the director of the Budapest museum gave little Vittorio Emanuele three small silver coins to add to his numismatic collection...
...ever to meet in the U. S. met in Chicago in 1926. That Cardinal Mundelein was chosen to organize this Congress was considered a special Papal tribute. Second the Cardinal had "a mass of accumulated evidence that could no longer be overlooked." Third, the Cardinal, who lives simply, has fine collections of coins and incunabula, is one of the Catholic Church's most successful money-raisers...
...fine morning last week, the St. Bernard record for canine Christianity was unaccountably shattered. From Grenoble. Dr. Jean Bremond had set out on a skiing trip across the Swiss border with his three young daughters. Up & up they slid along the Great St. Bernard pass. Cru-u-unch went their skis in the granular Alpine snow as they came in sight of the home of the pious monks of St. Bernard. A deep-voiced barking broke out as the famed dogs of the monastery came leaping to greet the travelers. Shrieking with laughter and excitement, ten-year-old Marie-Anne...
Although the picture is placed near two fine Gainsboroughs and a portrait by Copley, yet it attracts much attention. The painting shows a most inviting scene, a well bred family party on their lawn by the river at twilight. As they look over a smooth bowling green towards some woods and a castle tower in the distance with the high evening sky above them, there is a sense of peace and comfort which pervades...