Word: kins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Like tree and carol, from land to land Christmas custom and spirit have been carried through the centuries, whether by warriors, travellers, missionaries. Thus on this one greatest feast-day of the year the World is kin...
...masses for the repose of her soul. Dona Petronila, a Filipino, died four years later. A chaplaincy to see to the celebration of the masses was provided for. but has been vacant and the income has gone to the care of the Archbishop of Manila. One Paul Rogerio Gonzalez, kin of Dona Petronila, seeks now to recover $86,862.50, alleged income of the chaplaincy between 1911 and 1925. The Supreme Court of the U. S. will decide...
...Joshua Reynolds flattered 18th century women with his graceful, glimmering brushwork. But when he painted self-portraits, which he did at least 45 times, he exercised all the artistic honesty that Rus- kin could have wished. One of the last of his self-portraits has been acquired by the Ferargil Galleries. The stately, long-nosed Sir Joshua wears the rickety spectacles that were harbingers of his pitifully failing eyesight. For him, shining satins would not much longer shine. Shortly after completing this prophetic portrait he made a stoically doleful remark. "All things have an end," he said, "and I have...
...author of a homely little play, understands neither this nor a great many other things, such as how to be funny and how to be interesting when writing for the stage. The relatives with whom his drama concerns itself are Jewish and unfriendly. Old Wolfe Michaels, who is the kin they love to touch, decides that they, the other offshoots of his stock, are worthless. So does David Lubin, his elegant nephew who arrives from Australia. The clan has become decadent and these two are about to go bankrupt, for some reason, when word arrives that another and hitherto forgotten...
...that the British were now receiving the first official intimation that the L55 was ever sunk. Second that the Admiralty had announced on June 12, 1919, eight days after the sinking, that a submarine (unnamed) was missing from the British Baltic Fleet. Third, that the relatives and next of kin of the Britishmen lost on the L55 were privily notified...