Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...MASTER BUILDER...
Before despatching this splendid symbol to Brussels, his Holiness waited until mass was over, then blessed the Rose, sprinkled it with holy water, read the ancient prayers of the Rite of the Golden Rose, and imparted his Apostolic Blessing, while a master of ceremonies held the gift in his hands, kneeling at the Pope's feet...
...downing their rivals in straight games. J. L. Pool '28 and P. R. Pease '26 both started slowly against hard opposition but finished with a rush to capture their matches. Manager G. H. Perkins '26, number five, dropped one game but during the rest of the match was master of the situation...
...announcing Chaliapin's forthcoming operatic venture (TIME, Dec. 28, p. 24), you mention the dear basso as the Barber in Rossini's musical comedy. Chaliapin plays Don Basilio, the Music-master, not the Barber...
These persons were the Master and Wardens of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Apothecaries, to which no less an "apothecary" than famed poet John Keats once belonged. Gravely they sought out the Prince at York House, and created him the first honorary member of their society. Gravely they placed in his hands a handsome shagreen* and silver case, containing the diploma which confers upon him the right to minister to his father's subjects throughout the entire course of their lives. Gravely the apothecaries departed and were succeeded by the gods of awful mirth...