Word: martially
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Presidents so frequently require. His hands were white and soft upon his lap. On Mrs. Hoover's kind face matronly warmth was mingled with, but did not in fringe upon, a hauteur fitting for her station. Other faces on the walls ? solemn Andrew William Mellon, wise Elihu Root, martial John Joseph Pershing, temperate Frank Billings Kellogg?made it apparent that the distinction of appearing on a de Laszlo canvas could only be surpassed by that of appearing on a postage stamp. King Fuad of Egypt was painted from the side, against a tan background which suggested deserts, with...
With special police patrolling the streets and the city on the verge of martial law, oldtime white residents of Honolulu well knew out of what black and bitter soil this latest crime had grown, but for political or commercial reasons they kept their mouths shut. The childlike, romantic Hawaiian of pure blood, they privately explained, has almost disappeared in a polyglot breed of Filipinos, Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese. Most U. S. whites on the islands look down socially upon this hybrid population. While socially inferior, the brown-skinned "Hawaiian" is a full-fledged U. S. citizen with political rights...
...department therefore desires that commanding officers do not bring to trial by summary court martial petty cases where it is evident that the accused is not at heart a thief. The department desires to draw a sharp distinction between theft and petty pilfering committed in the nature of boyish pranks...
...Martial music receded as the frontier was driven back, and life in Georgia took on a richer note. Master workmen from over the sea built manor houses of English brick, and English airs were sung to the plucked melodies of harpsichords in great colonial halls...
...When, We Dead Awaken" is Ibsen's last play, but it is assuredly not his finest. Written at an advanced age, as was this drama of martial incompatibility and spiritual resurrection, the last dramatic moment of so great a man, was, obviously, not the best. The play, moreover, is a sort of apologia of an artist's life, the artist in question being, without doubt, Ibsen himself, and most apologias are over talkative. It is a notable tribute to the genius of a great writer that this loquacious effort, as presented last night by the Studio Players, should have aroused...