Word: formalities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...France. When Sir Austen's train actually drew in, the indomitable Aristide was on the platform, ready to slip an arm into that of his British friend. Later they left for Geneva together by the same train. M. Briand made it clear, however, that he would not attend the formal League session but merely the far more important preliminaries...
Manager J. B. Fyffe announced yesterday that the first trip of the Freshman Glee Club will take place this spring when the club goes to Springfield on April 13, in order to broadcast over the radio at Station WBZ. This will mark the formal opening of a very promising season for the Freshmen...
...enthusiasm for literature. It is not affected as decently due to his profession. Rather his love of letters preceded and informs his professional knowledge and skill with persuasive warmth. It would be a part of him whatever he did, and would communicate itself in ways superior to formal instruction. Colleges need such teachers. Liberal studies depend on them. And what is more needed, in college and beyond, that the spirit of those who have been enlightened by liberal studies...
...first of her to be hung there?the portrait of a dark lady in a crinoline hoopskirt and drop-shoulder gown with a wreath in her hair. The scene of the hanging was in the oval room on the ground floor, under the famous Blue Room used for formal receptions. The gentleman was Robert Todd Lincoln. At his request the portrait of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln had been painted by a relative, Miss Kate Helm, from photographs taken in Civil War days...
...series of intestinal disorders to ride horseback once more. First, his motor car roared at top speed up the Corso Umberto Primo, dashed out the Porta del Popolo, and climbed the lovely heights of the Borghese Gardens, now perhaps the most beautiful public park in Rome. There, immaculate in formal riding costume, he stepped out. His horse was led up. A crowd of Fascists cheered as he climbed into the saddle...