Word: marathons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Edward Creasy's original book, The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, which ends with Waterloo; Artist Johnson added Babylon, Crecy, Gettysburg, the First Marne; introduced such characters as Richard Coeur de Lion, Columbus, Ferdinand and Isabella. Cyrus of the Persians besieges Babylon (538 B. C.) At Marathon (490 B. C.) Miltiades and the Greeks hew down the Persians. Alexander the Great gestures imperially to his invincible Macedonians. The Roman Legions' S.P.Q.R. banner rises in triumph over Hasdrubal. Joan of Arc, whose face resembles that of Whitney Museum Director Juliana Force, lifts her sword over the English...
...lemonade, showed such eagerness to shake the hand of a woman who has homes both in the country (Hyde Park) and city (Manhat tan) that Mrs. Roosevelt had to withdraw behind three White House aides. They made a pilgrimage to Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Arthur E. Brigden, 67, of Marathon, N. Y. announced that, after considerable research, she had discovered that Martha Washington was "a thorough housekeeper, looking after every detail of household affairs, with a bunch of keys always hanging by her side." To pay homage to such desirable virtues, the A. C. W. W. laid a wreath...
...fact that for ten years she has been playing, with superficial variations but no real exceptions, one role, that of Cinderella. The news that, loaned to MGM, she was to appear in a Ben Ames Williams story originally picked for Jean Harlow started hopes that Miss Gaynor's marathon might be about to end. Small Town Girl ends them...
...Marathon team of three will be picked after the B.A.A. run on Monday April 20 in Boston and the A.A.U. grind in Washington, D. C. on May 30. Finals in the decathlon will take place along with the semifinals for other events in Wisconsin...
...National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War and the New History Society are also ruled from the distaff side. The former, whose honorary chairman is Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, is a coalition of female societies. It is currently sponsoring discussion groups or "Marathon Round Tables." The New History Society, founded by Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, is an offshoot of the Bahai Religion. Mrs. Chanler and her peace-loving friends belong to the "Green International" wear green shirts when participating in peace demonstrations...