Word: flamingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Back to London hurried Mr. Duff Cooper, and it remained to be seen whether he could kindle the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin into an enduring flame, or whether the Prime Minister would ignite and then gradually sputter out as he did when he was briefly lit on the Ethiopian "Deal" by Sir Samuel Hoare (TIME, Dec. 30, 1935 et ante). Sparks flew in Downing Street last week with two "emergency meetings" of His Majesty's Government within 48 hours, and by the time Mr. & Mrs. Baldwin left to weekend in the country with the King & Queen, the more combustible...
...Overdressed with colored lights, to attract attention, a wind tee points to the West. There comes the wind! As we rush to meet it, the long yellow exhaust flame shortened and turned blue...
...fall to ruin; and all fetters and bonds shall be broken and rent. . . . In this din shall the heavens be cloven, and the sons of Muspell ride thence: Sutr shall ride first and both before and after him burning fire." Leading the giants is the traitor Loki, holding a flame thrower, and Frey, who opposes him is swept by flames. Thor, the thunder god, rushes to the attack, wielding his mighty workman's hammer...
...attention and esteem of educational and cultural men and organizations, it is gratifying to note how far this aura of prestige and scholastic sanctity has pervaded. Not only in the hearts of the illustrious and great, but also in the bosoms of the lowly has Harvard's flame been kindled. This little story, passed on to us by one who also serves, warmed the cockles of our hearts by its milk-of-human-kindness...
...conflagration of the Crystal Palace last week sent towering 500 feet in air a column of flame seen by rustics in eight counties round about and was called the biggest London blaze since the historic "Great Fire" of 1666. One of 90 fire engines which struggled vainly to save the Exhibition Hall accidentally soused His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, the youngest son of Queen Mary, who was nicknamed by playfellows at school as "The Scent Bottle." In last week's unreeling of an Empire crisis, sleek, scented Kent was most of the time an orchidaceous extra waiting...