Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...busy to go through a ceremony close to the heart of many a small boy. He became, last week, a tenderfoot Boy Scout. As U. S. President he will be Commander-in-Chief Scout. He stepped out of doors one bright morning and, with Mrs. Hoover ("the greatest Girl Scout of all") at his elbow, scrutinized the regimental front of 46 scout troops, Boys and Girls. Charles A. Miller, chief adult Scout of Dade County, made a speech. Then Adult Scout John C. Norsk saluted and presented wee Scout Charles A. Miller Jr. Gravely the little fellow saluted Mr. Hoover...
Gravely answered the greatest statesman in France, the savior of the franc, the "Lion of Lorraine...
...blacksmith is Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, a personage well able to return with interest the lightning of Cardinal Gasparri's glance. Unquestionably these two sons of peasants are the greatest Italian statesmen of their century. They met face to face, last week, in the Lateran Palace, an austere and gloomy pile, presented to the papacy 16 centuries ago by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. Successive pontiffs resided in the Lateran until removal of the papal residence to Avignon (1309 A.D.). It contains the Sanctum Sanctorum, Chapel, "Mother Church of Christen-dom"; reached by a'flight of steps...
...greatest extreme to which secrecy can be carried was achieved, last week, when not a single Italian newspaper was allowed to mention or even hint at what was going to happen, up to the very moment when the signing occurred. Thousands of Italians in rural districts knew nothing about it although the rumor spread fast by word of mouth. In the cities the sole source of printed information was newspapers imported from abroad. No explanation was made by either the State or the Papacy...
They will start work in Cuba where the greatest number and variety of tropical plants from all over the world may be seen growing together in profusion. Microscopic films showing plant tissues, and films taken in other parts of America will also be made to round out the present production making it as complete as possible. Films will be taken wherever material may be found to illustrate the thesis...