Word: goldenly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dynamite is as harmless as a lead pencil if you know how to handle it," said one Thomas Morris of East Portal, Col., as he stuffed a few unimpressive-looking sticks into the groins of James Peak. Next day, in the White House, President Coolidge approached a golden telegraph key, applied thereto his right forefinger. The stimulus of a spark danced across the continent. A few feet of granite were blasted out of their native bed and James Peak had a hole completely through its middle. Outside the hole, safely away from flying granite, Governor William H. Adams shook hands...
...Rothschilds still play the game at which they cannot lose, there are some members of the family who have turned from gold to other interests. Most prominent of these is Baron Henri de Rothschild, M. D., of Paris. He considers himself a physician, an author a sportsman?forgets the golden touch of Jewry except when he flings down a million francs here, or 40 million there in philanthropy...
...words of the hymn should be set to some familiar tune such as "Integer Vitae". "Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand", or "Jerusalem the Golden". Further information concerning the competitions or other matters connected with Class Day may be obtained from Madison Sayles, at the Varsity Club. The closing date for the competitions has been set for March 26. Free tickets for Class Day will be awarded to the winners...
...royal face, small, round and rosy, peeped from a window in the stern facade of Buckingham Palace one morning last week. Out the palace gate was clattering a coach of gilt and glass. Above it the three golden genii of England, Scotland and Ireland supported replicas of the Crown, the Sceptre, the Sword of State and the emblems of knighthood. Within the coach rode awfully the King-Emperor and the Queen-Empress...
...ceremony of quaint historic significance. They were rebuffing the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. . . . Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., K.C.M. B., B.D.S.O., receives $1,000 per annum ($4,860) for acting as the Black Rod, and carrying it: a massive staff of ebony surmounted by a golden lion. Last week he was sent, as usual, to summon the Speaker and the Commons before the Lords. As he approached the Chamber of the Commons, unsmiling attendants closed the door, as usual, in his face. Thus was affirmed the right of Honorable Members to free speech, even...