Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus it is sort of hard for the A. A. boys to keep their sense of humor through it all, and a hitherto unpublished story which took place a couple of years ago is applicable at the present moment...
...Alexander Troyanovsky, who with his homey wife constantly presents Washington with a spectacle of cozy domesticity. "How unfortunate would our country be," twinkled the Ambassador, "if our Government and Stalin had not foreseen the aggressive tendencies of certain countries which want to jump on us at any moment...
Ramadan begins with the first slivery appearance of a new moon (this year Nov. 5), ends with the next moon. During the days of Ramadan - a day begins the moment it is possible to distinguish a white thread from a black one by natural light - no good Moslem eats, drinks or has intercourse with women. Fanatic Moslems believe that their fast is broken if they swallow even their spittle, or let a trickle of water into their throats when cleaning their teeth. Especially holy are the last ten days of Ramadan, during which falls the "Night of Glory" (or "Power...
...exhibition drill by six six-horse units of the Black Horse Battery from Fort Myer, Va. For seven minutes each night they cut intricate didoes, ended by tearing around the arena at a dead gallop in two sets of three. As they swerved sharply at the last possible moment, the heavy guns skidded into the end boards, and, to the delight of the gallery, sprayed the ermine wraps and starched shirts of the socialite boxholders with great gobs of dirt...
...From the moment when Appius Claudius's secretary, Fabius, stole and publicly exhibited the Kalendares of the Roman priests, three hundred years before Christ, the calendar of days has belonged to the people and held a head position in the almanacs of all nations. In 1472 the astronomer Regio-Montanus originated the present form of the almanac. The first book to be printed in the colonies was "An Almanac calculated for New England, by Mr. Picrce." The printer was one Stephen Daye of Cambridge; the date...