Word: mother
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...eloping with Farina, and the pair make their way to the gypsy camp. More complications ensue, when the pseudo Carlos announces his intention of marrying Farina. Preparations for the wedding at length are made, when suddenly Gitana, the wife of the erring Carlos, and his not over-amiable mother-in-law appear, and makes matters extremely interesting for the gypsy...
...final denouement, the fierce Abu Abdela, at the point of the sword, makes the Grand Inquisitor take Kazooka for his bride, much to the stately official's chagrin, while Gitana and her mother lead off poor Carlos by the ears. The ending, like that of all comic operas, is, of course, most happy, and Don Manuel, the virtuous Alcayde finally wins the hand of the orphan maid, Farina...
...separated into the guardians of the state, the military, and the commons. The first two classes were to be supported by the state, in return for their services. The guardians were to hold their wives and children in common. The children were not allowed to know their father and mother...
...Tiamat, mother of all gods, represented as a dragon, is the primaeval chaos. She plans to overthrow the gods, her children, gathers an army of monsters, and puts Kingu, her son and only faithful child, in command. Both Anu, the god of the heavens, and Ea, the god of the waters under the earth, are turned back in fright before this army. These events occupy the first two tablets. The third tablet tells how Marduk, son of Ea, offers to oppose Tiamat, if the gods in reward will make him ruler over them. In the fourth tablet Marduk defeats Kingu...
...week is the annual Day of Prayer for Colleges? To one, a graduate of another institution where the day is always observed by special services, and has been a marked occasion many times in its history in its religious effect, it is a matter of regret that Harvard, the mother university of America. founded for the education of ministers of the Gospel, and the scene at present of so much practical religious activity, should ignore this day so generally observed and so rich a blessing in the past...