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Royal Displeasure. Livid with rage, Monsignor Ladeuze hired more huskies, called out the whole police force of Louvain, and got a plaster of paris replica of his smashed stones into place, while Architect Warren left disgustedly for Paris. Short-lived, however, was the Rector's triumph. Next day he received a message from His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Leopold of the Belgians, Duke of Brabant, who regretted that, under the circumstances, no member of the Royal Family would be present for the dedication of the new Library scheduled for July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: At Louvain | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

Senator Tydings leaped up, livid. Senator Robinsop, himself only 47 years old and no weakling, strode to meet him. Senator Fess, Ohio's little fussbudget, rushed between the near-combatants waving a copy of the Senate rules. Senator Robinson had to retract his epithets. Senator Tydings sat down and chewed his gum again, glaring, angry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Sidespouts | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...Knock it out of the lot, Eddie!" Cobb may have sneered. "That guy in the box is wholly worthless when considered from a pitching stand-point!" Umpire Wilson halted the game; approached the offending athlete with firm tread and livid countenance; ordered him off the premises. Cobb made leisurely preparations to comply with the arbiter's command. He walked slowly to the players' bench. He drew a glass of ice cold water; drank it with time out between sips for breathing and contemplation; carefully replaced the glass. He noted that one shoe lace seemed insecurely knotted. This situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Soda Pop | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

...Ophelia Harrison was visited last May by a hooded company. Her way of living was not liked. They took her away in an automobile, stripped her, beat her until her body was livid with stripes, left her to walk home-six miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LYNCHING: In Toombs | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, had been champion for a long time. None of the other women could compare with her and she went through to the finals without effort. She seemed at once wiser and more primitive than the California ingénue who faced her, rather pale, under the livid August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Intrepid Ingenue | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

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