Word: infernale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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These last two items led to the invasion of the hall by Carrie Nation, an axe-wielding prohibitionist. During the noon meal on November 14, 1902, she appeared in the gallery, where visitors came to "watch the animals eat", and was immediately recognized with cheers and jeers from the floor...
Station members also point out that Network men are handy to have around "when one of those infernal machines blows out." The standard procedure in broadcasting crises is to throw on the record "Pomp and Circumstance" and call the Network post-haste. Last term WHRV men installed a mike light...
Dr. Watts has been handling explosives and infernal machines for over 33 years. At one time he was mostly concerned with the deadly bundles the Irish Republican Army sent over to blow up English post offices. Since 1945 he has concentrated on letter bombs sent to Churchill, Bevin and other...
Since 1941, when Lewis published a witty collection of infernal correspondence called The Screwtape Letters, this middle-aged (49) bachelor professor who lives a mildly humdrum life ("I like monotony") has sold something over a million copies of his 15 books. He has made 29 radio broadcasts on religious subjects...
During the four decades around the turn of the century, undergraduate life centered about the 164-foot dining hall. The dining association, managed by its members, reported the average weekly board cost as $3.95 at a time when the menu offered such choices as "Roast Ribs of Beef," and "Braised...