Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...private family life, are known and admired by the entire American people. These public and private virtues are inseparable from the man's sterling Catholicity." The formal reason for the award was Mr. Smith's having achieved "such discinction in his field of special endeavor as to reflect glory upon the Catholic faith." Actress Margaret Anglin received the medal for 1927; Edward N. Hurley for 1926. Other Laetare medallists: Patrick V. Hickey, founder of Catholic Review (1888); Theatrical Manager Augustin Daly (1894); Orator William Bourke Cockran (1901); Attorney-General Charles J. Bonaparte (1903); Diplomat Maurice Francis Egan...
...Sausages, buckwheat cakes and maple syrup were served according to ritual at a White House breakfast attended by 14 functionaries of Congress ? chaplains, librarians, doorkeepers and the like. Many were the quips, many the Presidential laughs. After the meal, the President could reflect that he had completed his quota of Congressional breakfasts...
...traditional Vikings at sea, these five novels chronicle mostly the Vikings on land with their women and priests, their passions and prickly consciences. Rich in detail of 14th century manners and morals, the books are in the best tradition of magnificent historical novel, but in their universality they reflect the sum of human drama...
...country, and nothing would do but that the West appointment be rejected. The "power-trust" issue having been thus potently raised, many a liberal Senator joined in the Progressives' anti-West cry, but most Senators hoped they would be able to straddle. A majority of Senators was delighted to reflect that, by Senatorial custom, votes on Cabinet appointments are taken in secret?i. e., in "executive session...
Renaud knows his theatre, a sphere which the World has long sought to reflect with brilliance. Fifteen years ago, while freelancing in .New York, he wrote an article for Harper's on the thesis that there were "Too Many Theaters." In gathering his material he had occasion to interview E. F. Albee, famed theatrical operator. The upshot of their talk was that Renaud went to Philadelphia for a while as manager of the Chestnut Street Opera House. He tried his hand at writing plays. Several were produced, including Betty Behave (Jane Cowl...