Word: romanized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when the great crisis in the life of the people comes you will not have family problems to solve as well. When this little meeting is over go back to your homes and enjoy a glass of wine but do not drink up your prize money. Remember the old Roman proverb: 'He who drinks no wine is a lamb, he who drinks just enough is a lion but he who drinks too much...
...outdone by the famous Roman S.P.Q.R., the Boylston Chemical Club has adopted for its new motto "S.M.D.R.," which does not mean Sulfur, Molybdenum, Dsprosium, and Radium, but rather "Speakers, Movies, Discussion, and Refreshments." This policy is in honor of the fiftieth year of the club, which was founded by T. W. Richards in 1885. It was successfully tested at the first meeting (September 30, 1935) which was attended by approximately one hundred and fifty men interested in chemistry. The movie "Story of Steel" opened the meeting, and was followed by a talk by Professor Grbunnell Jones about the lactic acid...
Since 1892 Columbia has stood on her fourth site, where her new domed Roman magnificence stands in vivid contrast both to here unpretentious Colonial beginnings and the modern motorized millieu...
...Mussolini's personal fascination is accompanied by a sense of distance between him and his followers. . . . He is not a 'good fellow.' While he is not sullen, he is withdrawn. He is not a handshaker. Hence the impulse to substitute [for handshaking] the Roman salute. . . .All these gifts have won a crown for Mussolini; guarantee his omnipotence; render it as beneficial as a Dictatorship...
...still waiting for the Head of the Church of Rome to condemn . . . Italy," snorted President Baron Dickinson of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches last week in London. Stoutly rebutting for the Supreme Pontiff, Most Rev. Arthur Kinsley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, explained that the Holy Father is "a helpless old man. ... As Head of the Church he has no grounds to interfere in purely political matters unless invited...