Word: plot
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Careful plans were laid, and for months arms were smuggled into the Transvaal. Everything seemed prosperous and Cecil Rhodes had agreed to time his raid so as to help out the rebels. He was too hasty, however, the plot was discovered, and the whole scheme ended in failure. The leaders were captured, but were released later on payment of a large ransom...
...present writer is too unfamiliar with the dialect of the English countries to attempt to criticise that of "A Child of All Fools," by Rowland Thomas. The plot is slight, the suggestion vague, but the characters as individuals are well drawn and the dialogue is well worked...
...still politically conscious about other issues. In tune with its concern for the environment, Deadly also has its own garden plot and compost heap, right next door. "We grow our own flowers, vegetables and other herbs," says Broker...
...words in their dramatic power and poetic beauty, and the music in that it is free and original in spirit while preserving symmetrical form and proportion. The scene is laid in Provence about the time of the early Crusades. The opera is romantic in spirit, with a thrilling plot of many tragic situations and a happy denouement. The action centres around the invasion of Provence by the Saracens, and the music is strikingly characteristic in its use of Oriental color, while the dramatic portions are of great vigor and intensity. The style may be said to be Professor Paine...
...successful year. In some way the editors have obtained stories from new men, and the result is decidedly refreshing. New writers are the greatest boon a paper such as the Advocate can receive, and it is to be hoped that the coming year will produce more originality of plot and novelty of treatment than have been shown of late years...