Word: procession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...third, until she had ten; again she spread (technical term "scrambled") her jacks and bounced her ball, snatching them up two at a time; three at a time; four at a time; until she bounced her ball and scooped all ten at once into a dainty, dusty fist. This process scored a game. The medal went to small Josephine Landt who attained the incredible (to clumsy adults) total of 25 games and eight jacks before she missed...
...That nobody may be arrested, imprisoned or fined without due process...
Sifting qualifications, testing ships (three pilots dying in the process), bickering a little, postponing the starting time, those concerned in the Dole prize flight to Hawaii finally set their stage...
...years, then to undertake the usual general or professional college courses leading to degrees. "The gist of the course of study in the Experimental College," he said, "is that it will represent a study of situations rather than a study of subjects. . . . The aim is to keep informal the process of learning...
...oneself as seen by others. "The Theatre of Oneself," says M. Evreinov, is conducted by every human being in all those acts wherein the human being is distinguishable from lower animals. Whatever one does?brushing hair, walking with poise, eating neatly ?is "theatrical" if self-consciousness enters the process. It is an ingenious thesis, cleverly spun. And, not surprisingly, it is spun too far. Biologists and psychologists, after learning that "theatricalness" is a peculiarly human attribute, will be puzzled to hear that the strutting of cock birds, the romping of dogs and even the protective coloration of plants...