Word: flamed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...aisles from that of pathways to that of seating space is what has been called, for want of a better term, the ability for great teaching. Where it is jacking one has courses attended by students whose attitude is complacent, uninterested and guided by other lights than the bright flame of intellectual curiosity. Where it is found there also one may find men to whom books are more than, required texts: men who have come together, almost in the ancient Greek manner, in order that they may listen to one possessed of an innate spark which stimulates them to pursue...
...flame of revolution is licking at the feet of President Calles of Mexico. Chihuahua, Coahuila, San Luis Potosi and bandit-ridden Durango are the latest states to be ignited, and the roar from the Mausers of firing squads is heard in the land. Eighteen members of the legislature of Morelos on Wednesday were taken from the chambers of their courtmartial to look briefly into the muzzles of rifles. General Alfredo Rueda Quijano, cavalry commander who sought to lead his troops in rebellion against Calles, waved farewell to three New York reporters in the courtyard of the San Lazaro Prison...
...record-breaking receipts despite the most wretched weather conditions encountered since 1919. Total attendance was over a half million. The repertory consisted of one opera (Tales of Hoffman) often included in the New York Metropolitan repertory and the following light operas: Robin Hood, Princess Pat, Sari, Song of the Flame, Red Mill, Rose Marie, The Mikado, The Dollar Princess, Katinka...
...middle of a very tempestuous night.... Harvard Hall, the only one of our ancient buildings which remained, and the repository of the public library and the philosophical apparatus, was seen to be in flames. As it was in vacation time, when all the students were dispersed, the fire could not be perceived until the whole surrounding air began to be illuminated by it. The fire was conjectured to have started in the room used by the General Court; thence it burst into the Library. The books easily submitted to the progress of the flame, which spread through the whole building...
...Castro's nose. When spectators giggled, the joker still stealthy as a murderer, became inspired to touch a match to the little tee he had built. Dreaming of a sunny beach, Joseph gave his nose a little wriggle, opened his eyes, squealed, tried to beat off the flames with his visor which caught the flame, dashed it into his eyes, mouth, hair. If he lives, Joseph Castro may have a brown puckered face, two blind eyes...