Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Father Mercier, in a low voice, said mass for his dying uncle. At the moment of the Agnus Dei, with its supplication to the Lamb of God, "who takest away the sins of the world," to give him peace, the dying one inclined his head as a token of peaceful leave of those around him. He tried to pronounce the benediction, but was too weak. His thin, transparent hand moved through the sign of the cross with effort. He was certain of death; had been refusing all medicines. Towards the last, attendants thought they heard him whisper " . . .rien...
...health. She will have learned balance, kept her spine straight, and strengthened her abdominal and thoracic muscles as well as those of her legs. She can keep her seat in a walk, amble, trot, canter, gallop or jump, even in the English saddle with its low pommel and cantle. In the McClellan saddle of the U. S. Army or the cowboy saddle of the ranches, she will have even a more secure seat, as can testify famed Rodeo Rider "Texas" Guinan, now boisterous hostess of a Manhattan supper club.† She never found anything exotic or treacherous...
Momentarily during this siesta the guarded grottos tremble with low thunder, and dying tones strike, now and then, out into the halls, like firecrackers on the morning of the Fourth. as the first mystic departs. It is a votive offering to the God of Chance, done with an artful restraint. In it there is not the exuberance of Bacchic indulgence, nor the incessant drumming and tapping of a dance. There is one vigorous thunder-clap, worked by unseen soles upon the floor; and that is all. It ascends to the ceiling; worn faces twist half-concernedly about; the sacred door...
...into action have been suggested. The proposed plan is in the nature of a "guide to courses" but will be published in a pamphlet form and a copy be given to each Freshman. The Princetonian has offered to take charge of the selection of three first group and two low group students out of every course who will make up "a concise report on the particular course, with comments on the professor and the subject matter offered". The reviewers will be chosen annually and a new "guide" published each year. In stating the need and aims of such a plan...
When the trial footage was run off, Director Sti declared that the test tube shots of low and supposedly interesting forms of life, had flopped: "Tiresome! As my friend Douglas Fairbanks says, 'a dud!' Positively sickening...