Word: illustriouses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From those misty beginnings down to Admiral Byrd's first Antarctic junket ("A splendidly equipped expedition") the long tale of man's investigation of his terres trial abode is unfolded in the 338 pages of A History of Exploration, by Brigadier General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes, him self...
Too long has the Council rested in complacent oblivion rising from its lethargy only occasionally to publish a report of its findings in connection with some problem. Shunning publicity it has carried on its work of formulating "student opinion' behind closed doors. The great majority of students remaining oblivious to...
In short, Miss Garbo is not convincing as the young Swedish queen who comes to the throne after her illustrious father has nearly succeeded in making the Baltic a Swedish lake. While the conception of Queen Greta is a pleasant one, that of Queen Christina should not be neglected. Admittedly...
Bronze gongs throbbed softly and with stiff rustling of robes the Shinto priests bowed low to the ground, for in the confines of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Tsugu-no-Miya Akihito, Crown Prince of Japan, last week was worshipping his illustrious ancestors. Utterly oblivious to the solemnity of the...
By last week carpenters had built a small replica of Peiping's great open air Altar of Heaven with its ceremonial steps. Ready, too, was an imperial throne of ebony, carved with dragons and orchids. Tailors embroidered robes of imperial yellow and jewelers had carved a Ju Yee or...