Word: grecian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Armed with the whimsical title "Madame Axel from Greece," the brothers Minsky no doubt felt their battle to be half won, and with characteristic lavishness they have placed another brilliant and scintillating extravaganza before the public. Of Greece or the Grecian damsel aforementioned there is not the slightest mention once the curtain has risen -- but the title is a good one, and it has a flavor all its own. This flavor is heightened by the customary sale during the intermission of artistic booklets ("the raciest, spiciest little novelty we've set at your disposal in a long time, gentlemen...
...Inclement weather was favorable to what Grecian visitor...
...that ground would be broken in a few days, officially resolved that the project "shall henceforth bear the official title and be referred to as the Hayden Planetarium." The Press printed sketches showing the projection dome rising like a vast moon behind a façade supported by six Grecian pillars and graven with the words HAYDEN PLANETARIUM...
...Keats' Ode to a Grecian Urn," Professor Malthiessen, Emerson...
...Greece and Rome, and also in the history of eight European countries, England, France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Russia. The research was based upon a study of all historical time during which a reliable record of these countries exists. The study was made, therefore, in Grecian history from the 6th century B.C. until the end of Greek independence, and in Roman history from the 3rd century until the end of the Western Roman empire. In European countries, the study was made since the 11th century, taking every war irrespective of how large or small it may have...