Word: portait
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...despite the fact that the building is a center for several humanities departments where women have made their mark. The only woman who was depicted on the new building’s walls was the wife of the building’s namesake, who appeared in a portait with her husband...
...cramped by the chair at his side. His face has grown less well defined--his once fleshy nose now skeletal cartilage--the light now emanates from his forehead. Pensive and intent he listens for the end. He reflects upon his life in what will be his last self-portait. This man courageously and resolutely wrestled with the terrible angel and himself: "Perhaps then we can find ourselves, see ourselves in the work of art. Because ultimately, all seeking and aspiration ends in finding yourself, your real self of which your present self is only a weak reflection. There...
There were ten speakers in Sanders Theatre who made short addreses to President Eliot. Among them was Charlton MacVeagh, the then President of the CRIMSON, who spoke for the students and presented at that time to the University as a gift from the students the Hopkinson portait of Dr. Eliot now hanging in the Faculty Room at University Hall. We quote two paragraphs from this speech...
Certain M.P.'s were astonished to find a portait of Lady Astor by the renowned artist, Sims, hanging on the wall by the House of Commons staircase. This picture shows the first lady M.P. being introduced into Parliament by ex-Premiers Arthur Balfour (now Lord Balfour) and David L. George. In the Distinguished Stangers' Gallery are seated, with appreciative smiles, Lord Astor and John W. Davis, erstwhile U. S. Ambassador to Britain, now Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the U. S. Strange murmurs were heard among the masculine members of the House. One hundred...
...discovered about Lenin, more theories will be promulgated and many more volumes will be writen. He is, and will be, seen as a narrow-minded demagogue as well as an extraordinary leader and statesman; as a fiend incarnate as well as a glorious martyr. But a very faithful, impartial portait of the great revolutionist may be found in Mr. Levine's biography...
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