Word: grasse
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some Roman Catholic nuns dropped in at odd times last week on Manhattan's old Trinity Church to inspect a large cabinet in the nave. They beheld, behind glass, an illuminated statuet of Jesus Christ, praying in a Garden of Gethsemane in which every leaf and blade of grass was meticulously modeled and painted. Every four and one-half minutes the lights slowly dimmed and the haloed plaster head of Jesus raised slowly heavenward. This was "the first animated diorama ever made of a religious subject," lent to Trinity by its makers, Diorama Corp. of America...
...present Sam Merrill, Exeter third sacker last year, is playing the same position on the first lineup; Fred Mc-Pherson is holding down the short grass, Bill Thomas second base, and Charlie Lutz first. Bill Wood, former shortstop and hard hitting Belmont Hill captain, is being groomed for a first base berth...
...Chicago superintendency on farcical charges by Mayor William Hale ("America First") Thompson (TIME, Oct. 21, 1935), was much in evidence. Twinkling at the Outstanding Service Award he received from the Exhibitors Association, Mr. McAndrew repulsed photographers by crying: "I belong to the loyal order of Little Blades of Grass who never have their pictures taken!" Onetime Superintendent McAndrew is now on the editorial board of School & Society...
...general, the Institute's and Tsar Morgan's problems are two : how to defeat or placate temperance sentiment, how to stop bootlegging. In the grass roots States Dry sentiment has not only survived Repeal but gives signs of flourishing. In the 31 States which permit local option, Drys succeeded in promoting 3,000 referenda in 1936 and winning half of them. Last week the House of Representatives of Kansas, one of the seven States in which hard liquor is entirely prohibited, passed a bone-Dry law prohibiting beer, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union has launched...
...rained yesterday; it is raining now and it will rain tomorrow. But it is a gentle rain that falls on Oxford, and the grass is always green and many flowers are still in bloom and the air is brisk and healthy and noses are cold and red. And so here I sit in my room (nearly the size of the Dunster Common Room) with only a small coal fire for heat. It is no wonder that I'm wrapped up in an automobile blanket and an umbrella over my left shoulder. No, there's not a leak...