Word: friar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rich verse than such predecessors in the rôle as Jane Cowl and Eva Le Gallienne. Her technical resource was never strained as she ran the gamut of shy girlishness in the opening scenes, mischievous eroticism on the star lit balcony, near-delirium when about to take Friar Laurence's potion. Newspaper reviewers sent up a praiseful paean to the adjectival accompaniment of: "Lovely! Exquisite! Extraordinary! Marvelous! Thrilling! Exciting! Radiant! True magnificence! Superlative!" Burns Mantle of the Daily News: "The potion scene, I venture, has never been as tellingly read as Miss Cornell gave it last night, simply...
...fast-passing Dominicans stopped out to an early lead, and led by 20 to 9 at the half. At the start of the second period the Feslermen picked up for a time, but the Friar's defense was too strong, and they garnered but four field goals while Providence was sinking twelve, Gray and Grady again led the Harvard scoring, while Captain Boys was held to a single free throw...
...problem which perplexed a Santo Domingo friar 401 years ago when called upon to baptize a pair of "Siamese'' twins perplexed Manhattan's marriage license bureau last week when called upon to authorize the union of one of a pair of '"Siamese" girls to an orchestra leader. The friar, uncertain whether his twins contained one or two souls, solved his problem by baptizing one with the regular ritual, the other with a special ritual reserved for those whose previous baptism is in doubt...
Casualties of the solemn military field mass: 1,800 complete or partial thermic prostrations, of whom nine were nuns, one a friar, one a priest...
...Colonel Bradley bought his first race horse, Friar John. His second, Bad News, which won 54 times out of 185 starts, was the first of his string of "B" horses...