Word: pollux
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Such a rendition assumes that Pliny wrote in the manner of a modern encyclopaedic general and columnist who is both ribald and biblical, and that the Latin word "certe" had assumed new meaning since the birth of Christ. . . . The Romans swore in a different way, invoking Hercules, Castor, or Pollux most frequently. . . . SYDNEY J. MEHLMAN Brooklyn...
...almond trees which are in blossom now ond give a gay and youthful touch to the pillars of the temples; and still the acropolis, the ancient site of the town, looks down upon the Temples of Juno, Concord (one of the most beautiful of Greek Temples), Castor and Pollux, and the sea. But now let me tell you about the little Greek village I've been searching...
...skier flashes past and is gone. Not only did Cameraman Schneeberger get some of the world's best pictures of skiing, but he managed to frame them in the rugged beauty of the high Alps. Many an Alpine skier will recognize the peaks and slopes of Castor and Pollux. Good shots: Guzzi somersaulting over a fence; Guzzi and Walter treading a ski dance; the angry village policeman biting the crust while his skis and boots run on without...
...industrial fact, and solve it in either of the two ways which its organic character might indicate; Mr. Weir and the labor delegation have each presented the extreme solutions, and it is between these extreme solutions, and not on any middle ground, that an effective government must choose. POLLUX...
...admit that, if the law is passed at all, the national bureaucracy could enforce it, and the state bureaucracies might not. They also do not answer the question as to whether the law should be passed. And yet all of them would resent the charge of legalism. POLLUX...