Word: floor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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According to those familiar with political trends at the Capitol, fate of the law which was passed under the Curley administration hung in the balance, until, after a heated debate, the results of the roll call were announced by the Speaker. Frequent allusions from the floor to ex-Representative Thomas A. Dorgan, sponsor of the Bill, who sat with drawn face, in the gallery, intensified the argument...
...nnhilde in Götterdämmerung is the hardest role in all grand opera. She suffers such violent emotions, has to sing such grueling high passages, that few singers have ever made her sound convincing. Wagner used to pace the floor in anguish while writing Brünnhilde's songs. Time and again he asked himself whether any woman alive would be equal to them. Last week's audience again marveled at Kirsten Flagstad's command of the role, the way she used her strong, rich voice to convey Brünnhilde's unutterable happiness...
...face and head a mask of blood. He had been hacked to death with some sharp, heavy instrument. His body was still warm, the blood was still flowing. Neighbors came running, the house was searched; in the spare room they found the body of Mrs. Borden lying on the floor, hacked to death in the same manner. She had apparently been killed an hour or so earlier...
Unable to cope with the relentless attack of the taller Yale Freshmen or to pierce the effective Eli zone defense, the Yardling basketball team bowed to a superior Blue quintet 46 to 34 on the Indoor Athletic Building floor, Saturday afternoon...
With a record of 12 wins and four losses, the Yardling five will encounter the Yale Freshman at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Indoor Athletic Building. On the same floor at 3:45 o'clock, the Jayvees will face a strong Eli Junior Varsity...