Word: rods
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...never more tempted in Eden than these on the outskirts of a grass plot they must not walk on. It isn't that the children deserve any attention, though of course they do. It is simply that Harvard both holds out the temptation and hides the whipping rod...
Stimulated by model railroaders in Europe, of whom Britain's George VI is one, the hobby has developed in the U. S. mostly during the past ten years. U. S. devotees include a number of cinema people, notably Wallace Beery and Rod La Rocque, Vincent Astor is another. The finest model systems in the U. S. are credited to Minton Cronkhite of San Marino, Calif., who rides in the cabs of real locomotives whenever he can. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. frequently borrows Mr. Cronkhite's equipment for its displays at fairs. The national association...
...difficult key post of Minister of the Interior (controlling the national police force and secret service) Dr. Negrin chose young, forceful Basque Socialist Julian Zugazagoita who announced that he would maintain internal order with a rod of iron. A weaker spot in the new Cabinet was in the Foreign Ministry. Julio Alvarez del Vayo, who during the Civil War has acquired the distinction of being one of Europe's most brilliant foreign ministers, had to be replaced because he is inextricably linked with former Premier Largo Caballero. The newly appointed Foreign Minister, Left Republican José Giral Pereira, though...
Between seasons Colonel Wise once tested, and later compared with a shark's, the pull that a man can exert swimming against rod & reel. His figures for a 6 ft. 3 in. Princeton water poloist harnessed, and for young male Sand sharks of the same weight (200 lb.) hooked in the mouth...
...under the ancient eye of the Archbishop of Canterbury (TIME, April 26), these last weeks were carefully subdivided into groups: PEERS, GENTLEMEN and MEN; PEERESSES, LADIES and WOMEN. The Duke of Norfolk's office issued precise directions for their use: every two hours, Gentlemen Ushers of the Gold Rod would pass watchfully up & down the stands. Peers, gentlemen and men should attract the ushers' attention by raising the hands (but not snapping the fingers) and would be escorted to their respective stations...