Word: plumped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hurried up & down the aisle, waved in the Diplomatic Corps and the Cabinet. Next came President Roosevelt on the arm of his military aide and last of all Mrs. Byrns, the late Speaker's two brothers and his only son, Joe Jr., 32. Behind a long black veil, plump Mrs. Byrns wept softly. Across the aisle from her in his front-row seat, President Roosevelt kept his head bowed, his eyes fixed on the coffin. Not even at the funeral of Senator Tom Walsh in 1933, thought observers, had he looked...
...impelled to immure themselves by a sudden agony of remorse or access of faith. From these is recruited a third group, the "Magdalens," black-habited nuns who lead an austere contemplative life completely segregated from the other two. Cloistered shows many a calm, luminous face, including that of the plump, masterful Mother Superior. Accompanied by adroitly "dubbed" dialog, church music and a commentary by a U. S. priest named Rev. Matthew Kelly, the picture presents no conflict, reaches no climax, accepts without demur the phenomenon of women adopting a medieval mode of life to become mystical brides of Christ. Much...
...performers in the pit were no better than average. The Orpheus was Contralto Anna Kaskas from Bridgeport, Conn.; the Amor, Maxine Stellman from Brattleboro, Vt.; the Eurydice, plump Jeanne Pengelly, a native of Toronto, whose part was danced by pretty, half-clad Daphne Vane. Conductor Richard Hageman, rejoining the Metropolitan after an absence of 14 years, did his best by the stately, sculptured score. But only those, who were smart enough to close their eyes could reap its full benefit...
...never seen any creatures like these in England. They were a dingy brownish black, with spiny forelegs and large, staring eyes. Their legs were orange and their wings, which spread three inches when open, bore dark markings resembling the letter "W." The gardener took news of his discovery to plump, grey-haired Lady Lindsay, wife of moose-tall Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay. Lady Lindsay suggested telephoning to the Department of Agriculture. One of the Department's entomologists told the worried gardener that the insects were part of a huge and famed brood-Brood X-of periodical cicadas known scientifically...
...Manhattan court ordered pink-cheeked, white-whiskered Realtor-Philanthropist August Hecksher, 88, to continue paying plump, blonde Operasinger Frieda Hempel, 51, $15,000 a year for the rest of her life. Thus aired was an interesting domestic relationship. In 1926 Singer Hempel divorced her husband, supposedly to wed Millionaire Hecksher. Year later, she sued Millionaire Hecksher for breaking an oral contract to pay her $48,000 a year to "sing for no one but him." Philanthropist Hecksher settled with a written contract to pay her $15,000 a year for life, in return for which he retrieved numerous letters...