Word: halcyon
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...think. There are five sovereign States [New York, Maryland, Wisconsin, Montana, Nevada] now in revolt against this measure. . . . Three out of four Americans are in revolt. . . . This is the driest Congress we have ever had or ever will have. We have reached the bottom of the hill. The halcyon days of Prohibition are over. The tide is turning...
...first place, individual activities are an end in themselves. They are for, the development of a particular hobby and not the means to attain the halcyon shores of paradise. Participating in college journalism is no more an introduction to the hall of undergraduate adulation than a course in Chinese literature...
...Lindbergh and Gene Tunney. He knows his James Joyce and can quote Millay by the hour. Above all, he is always courteous, correct, and an extremely presentable young gentleman, despite the fact that he has usually imbibed more imported grade A spirits than Bismarck could have consumed in his halcyon days...
...17th Century the halcyon art of Italy had completely decayed. From, the death of Michelangelo to the present day, with the exception of a colorful but shallow digression at Venice, good Italian painting has been practically nonexistent. But in 1884, a sickly boy was born in the Ghetto at Leghorn, Tuscany, to Flaminio Modigliani, son of a Roman usurer. The boy was named Amedeo which means "love of God." Under the guidance of his uncle Isaac described by one of his family as "a man of vast and disorderly culture" and a descendant of Philosopher Spinoza, Amedeo grew up, studious...
...team is safe when he's on the field. No matter where he has the ball, there is always the feeling that he may romp for a touchdown on the next play. Hewitt is one of the best looking backs Columbia has sent on the field since the halcyon days of Morley and Weekes. He, too, is a marvelous running back and the duel between the Green and Light Blue stars should produce plenty of fireworks for spectators at this contest. BY TIME...