Word: nones
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe in it. I do, however, insist that no other organized joy has values comparable to the joys of the out-of-doors. We gain less from the other forms in moral stature, in renewed purpose in life, in kindness and in all the fishing beatitudes. We gain none of the constructive rejuvenating joy that comes from return to the solemnity, the calm and inspiration, of primitive nature. The joyous rush of the brook, the contemplation of the eternal flow of the stream, the stretch of forest and mountain, all reduce our egotism, soothe our troubles, and shame our wickedness...
...State Supreme Court last week. Mrs. Gallagher having been nominated four votes to one, her name alone was placed on the ballot by the committee. Yet when the club members voted, the result was: Imhof 127, Gallagher 127. A tie! One ballot was so poorly written that none could be sure whom it favored but it looked like an Imhof. What...
...Quinn later admitted her parliamentary ignorance and error. Then she made a pronouncement to which there was none to take exception. "Before men made us voters," she said, "God made us women...
...London. More than 100,000 people were waiting for Captain Lindbergh at the Croydon Aerodrome. They broke down police barriers, swarmed on the landing-field as soon as his plane was sighted. He swooped down looking for barren ground, saw none, returned skyward. On the second attempt, his plane touched ground, but was forced to rise again because hero-worshipers insisted on dogging his path. His third attempt was rewarded with a clear field. Before he could climb out of his plane, the sea of the mob surrounded him-bowling over women, leaving the official reception committee stranded...
...coach or sleigh is seen. In the darkness its powerful interior lighting reveals the King, often in his golden crown, lolling at ease yet disconsolate. A robe of rich stuff lies across his knees and those of the young officer who is always beside him?for Ludwig will have none of women. The mad King loves, and believes he has always loved, Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), wife of Louis XVI. For her Ludwig has built Linderhof, an improvement (think Bavarians) on the Petit Trianon at Versailles. Then, because he admires le grand Monarque, Louis XIV, King Ludwig has built Herrenschiemsee?...