Word: renderings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Opera which the company will render on February 5 is "L'Amore Dei Tre Re" by Italo Montemezzi, a brilliant young Italian who has been described as one of the foremost modern composers. The opera was given its first public performance in 1913 and has ever since remained a favorite with musical audiences. With a ruined medieval castle as the setting, it has an allegorical plot which is filled with beautiful singing...
...Constitution does not impose the duty of rendering advisory opinions upon the Court. Neither does it specifically forbid such opinions. When Washington was President, he inquired of the Court whether a treaty made with Louis XVI of France was binding after the Revolutionary Government had taken over that country. Chief Justice John Jay declined to have the Court furnish an opinion because it was not a litigated case. Later, Virginia and Kentucky passed resolutions of nullification; and Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton appealed to the Supreme Court for a decision. Again it refused to speak. A third appeal...
...Germans he said: "I note the German Emperor has made instruction in English compulsory in German schools. I leave five yearly scholarships at Oxford . . . for scholars of German birth, the scholars to be nominated by the German Emperor for the time being." The object was to "render war impossible...
...have been carried out to a limited extent during the past two years. Some University professors, authors, women's clubs, young men's associations, Internationally minded individuals who subscribe to good periodicals, etc., have come forward and sent their literary help to India. Editors of newspapers and magazines can render a great help in this direction...
Arrangements have been completed for an elaborate and varied program of entertainment for the diners. A troupe of four native Hawaiians who came to this country as members of the "Bird of Paradise" company several years ago head the list. These men will render several selections of their native songs and will play on guitars...