Word: peculiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only once in four years (for a term of eight years) by an elaborate system of electoral boards not scheduled to function again until 1928. The Danish nobility, of whom no more are created, have no ipso facto place in the Landsthing, but, on the other hand have the peculiar privilege of passing on their titles to all their sons and daughters, so that the extinction of a Danish noble house is rare in the extreme...
...drops 20 feet in three-quarters of a mile. But both the Canadian and the U. S. Governments have built locks at the cascades, that can lift two to four lake steamers to the Lake Superior level. These ships, long, round-topped whale-backs for the most part and peculiar to the Great Lakes, carry coal from Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky to ports of Lake Superior, the largest body of fresh water in the world. On the down voyage they haul wheat from Canada (Port Arthur and Fort William) and from the U. S. (Duluth), and iron...
...Aegan island as amongst his own Trossachs, and the psychological actuate his characters where once the adventurous ran them in and out of impossible situations. But the change is not displeasing nor unconvincing. He shows, moreover, a knowledge of ancient rites and prehistoric religions that lend a peculiar fascination to the tale. It is a yarn by a scholar of the antique, if thta is comprehensible, a romance by an author who knows the romance of the past and proves that the truth or near truth after all is stranger than fiction. For the old preChristian festival of the coming...
...Harvard Dramatic Club will present its annual Miracle Play this year on December 16 and 17. A cast of 17 characters was announced last night, in which; because of the peculiar nature of the production, no part can be singled out as of greater importance than the others...
...United States the game is in a peculiar situation; its interest is pretty largely restricted to the eastern states--at least as far as collegiate participation. As yet the great middle western universities have shown small regard for the game--in some it is almost wholly unknown. The probabilities are, however, that the movement will spread just as football has spread. The benefits of the game as a means of keeping in form for summer tennis are open to discussion but the more essential requirement of partaking in some winter exercise which will not grow too monotonous, assures the future...