Word: oak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...objected. It was a 40-by-13 ft. canvas by Gilbert White and distinctly suggestive of ladies in cheesecloth. Taking a line from Virgil's Georgics ("Happy would be the men of the fields if they knew their good fortune") as his inspiration, Artist White painted a large oak beneath which is seated Cybele (Great Mother of the Gods). At her right is Pomona (Goddess of Fruit Trees), at her left, Ceres (Mother Earth). Flora, Goddess of Flowers, dreams while Pan flutes. There are also a grandfather who explains the gods, some reapers and sheep. Thomas Gilbert White, born...
Despite his enthusiasm for the vigorous pioneer life which continually comes to the fore in descriptions such as that of Lewis as a "youthful captain. . . . . straight as a white oak. . . . . and steady of eye and trigger-finger", Mr. Wilson must have soon learned why others had not attempted to write a biography of his chosen hero. Lewis was far from being an outstanding man and except for his leadership of the Expedition of Discovery (whose success may with greater justice be attributed to William Clark, the second in command) which he received through the patronage of Thomas Jefferson...
...Brandy follow in that order on the preferred list. Running a poor second to Scotch, Rye has tallied a score of 35, while Gin and Rum find themselves in a deadlock for third with 19 votes apiece. Leading the list of favorite brands of Rye, "Shady Oak," and Hiram Walker's "Canadian Club" are fighting it out for top honors with "Guggenheim" and "G & W". "Felton's" and "Bacardi" always favorite brands of Rum have not lost their supremacy in this field and still reign as in the past as top-notchers...
...aiding the survey which is being made of the heavens out to the distance of one hundred million light years under the supervision of Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy and director of the Observatory. This task is being carried on at the South African Observatory and the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, and was started more than ten years...
...thuribles (censers), other ciboria, a gold-&-onyx crucifix, a pyx (watch-shaped case for carrying the Sacrament to the sick). Three marauders, whom Father Reyes's housekeeper had seen sneaking out of the church, had spilled holy oil from leaden containers, pried the tabernacle from its carved oak casing with a crowbar, done sacrilegious damage estimated...