Word: momently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...upon my head. A lady, a member of a group standing near, said: "Take off your hat to our national anthem " replied: "Madam, The Star-Spangled Banner is not the national anthem of America, for it has never been authorized by Congress." She expressed surprise. At that moment a gentleman approached me from behind, tapped me on the shoulder, and said-'Excuse me, sir, you have forgotten your hat." I said: "No, sir, I have not forgotten my hat. This song is not our national anthem." He requested Mrs. Stetson to republish her famed attack upon The Star-Spangled...
...something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then...
...boats, for it was the first day of the famed Cowes Week, and the King's cutter with Prince Henry and the Duke of Connaught aboard was racing against Sir Thomas and the others. Doubtless in the gnarled heart of that connoisseur of defeats there pricked, for a moment, the thrill of the possibility of victory; his boat was first at the gun; the royal cutter slipped farther and farther behind. But, having learned to savor the futility of hope, doubtless he was not surprised when Lord Waring's White Heather slipped past his lee on the crest...
...verdict had been already delivered, but the trial of Teacher Scopes at Dayton, Tenn., did not close until last week, when Mr. Bryan's last speech- which he had intended to deliver in summing up, but which the defense had at the last moment canceled-was given to the public...
...moment later the Cathedral doors swung open, and into the rain stepped a padded figure. A strange black hat was on its head. Black whiskers covered its face, and skirts the rest...