Word: laurell
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...laurel wreath and a bouquet of roses were placed by a Fascist usher on the desk of Signor Mussolini as the Italian Chamber assembled last week in extraordinary session. The galleries and boxes twittered and sparkled with the elect of Rome, Fascist patricians who had come to cheer Il Duce as he put through the Chamber his Defense Decrees (TIME, Nov. 15) punishing with death attempts upon his life, and virtually abrogating civil liberty in Italy...
Tableau. A roar of cheering and shouted snatches of Fascist songs greeted Premier Mussolini as he entered. Ramrod-backed he deigned to nod, to smile. Then his right hand upraised commanded silence. ... A wrist watch might have been heard to tick. . . . Grasping the laurel with one hand and the roses with the other, Il Duce sat down at his desk, stared straight before him, his gaze piercing and immovable. . . . When Il Duce's dramatic silence had begun to seem permanent, the President of the Chamber, Signor Casertano, at length plucked up courage to open the session, not with...
...full page advertisement in New Orleans newspapers last week deposed: "Tulane University is one of the nation's great institutions of learning. Recently her football team added another laurel to her fame. Almost overnight Tulane's prestige experienced new glory. . . . The city of New Orleans shared. . . . In behalf of Tulane University, we summon the people of New Orleans to stand by her football team throughout the present season...
...Heroines?" It's a word to use sparingly. For all telephone girls opportunity is just around the corner. To a few it comes. Let us not cheapen the laurel when fairly...
...What American poet demanded and secured emeralds for his golden laurel crown...