Word: plaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believed them to be scions of the Vikings, Mendelian "sports" of a darker native race, or just half-breeds, replied that he believed them to be myths. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, chief anthropologist of the U. S. National Museum at Washington, expressed the opinion that the blonds were "just plain albinos." If they should turn out to be of mixed white and Indian blood and should also hail from the San Bias region of Panama, that fact would shatter the proud tradition of tribal purity which the warlike San Bias Indians have so long maintained...
...owner, Frederick W. Enwright, came forward to read the christening service, or rather the keynote: "In this, the first issue of The New York Bulletin, I am going to make a plain, simple statement of policy so that you may know the kind of newspaper I am going to produce...
...whole country was stirred and it was openly avowed that Fascismo itself was at stake. No attack was made on Benito, but it was made plain that vigorous action on his part was necessary if the country were to continue to have confidence in him. To a delegation of Deputies he promised justice no matter how exalted the rank of the murderer or murderers might...
...possibilities were plain. It would react to the disadvantage of the Republican candidate, because Republican campaign funds are always the largest. But the Republicans had no love to waste upon Mr. Coolidge. On the other hand?if he should happen to be tne Democratic nominee?it would probably also react on Mr. McAdoo, who has conducted an elaborate pre-conventlon campaign that must have cost a "mint" of money, not to mention promises of patronage. As for Senator La Follette, if he becomes a third party candidate, the investigation will work entirely to his advantage: he will not have...
...French or the Flemish text, next to the Latin Words, gave to the faithful an opportunity to follow the ceremony in all its details and to seize its full meaning, which was a fervent outpouring of piety, of thanksgiving and supplication. The proprium of the mass was sung in plain chant by the admirable Cathedral choir under the direction of the Abbe Van Nuffel; the ordinary was the polyphonic Mass Resurrexti from Max Springer, particularly adapted for stately celebrations." At the public hall, Cardinal Mercier received the first instalment (1,200,000 francs) of a huge purse which is being...