Word: performance
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, even foreigners found it necessary to perform smartly the Fascist salute whenever a band of cheering patriots rushed by carrying a Fascist flag. Dr. Leonard S. Rau, a physician of Lawrence, Long Island, was one of those who imprudently neglected to salute a Fascist banner in Rome. Since the doctor is 65, he was able to make but slight resistance when a Fascist youth knocked off his hat and another struck him with doubled fist upon the temple. Mrs. Rau, with great presence of mind, shrieked "Americano! We are Americanos! AMERICANO!!" Thus appraised of the nature...
Officiating Socialist. At the dais ordinarily occupied by the Throne stood that arch-Socialist Carl Lindhagan, Mayor of Stockholm, famous because he introduces before the Swedish Parliament every year a bill to abolish the Monarchy. He it was whom astute King Gustaf had chosen to perform the civil marriage of Astrid and Leopold. Hereafter when Mayor Lindhagan rises to present his bill there may well ensue jeers. Last week he testily remarked before the ceremony: "Of course I have no objection to uniting in marriage any two young people who appear to love each other." As the royal pair stood...
...Glasgow University last week by 5,000 students all be-monocled. Undismayed, I only 'screwed' my monocle the tighter into its eye socket, and was installed, amid acclaim as Lord Rector of Glasgow University. I am said to be one of the few Englishmen who can perform the 'impossible' feat of tossing my monocle into the air with thumb and finger and catching it again with my right eye socket...
Billy Lossez and his ten-piece orchestra will provide continuous music in the Living Room while the Hotel Kenmore organization will perform a similar duty in the Reading Room. Dancing will be from 9.30 o'clock to 3 o'clock...
...Throughout the week it was reported that Mile. Fuller and her ballet will perform in the chief cities to be visited by Her Majesty who will allegedly attend some 30 times the ballet's performance of her fairy tale, The Lily of Life...