Word: romanized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most pitiful exponent of the leather-slinging art to appear for a long time. And the fame which Scott garnered from this bout is certainly much more Thespian than pugilistic in nature. It wouldn't have been surprising if Scott had been given the job of head Roman gladiator in the next Hollywood production of Ben Hur as the result of his meeting with the toppling tower of the Argentine, but that of opponent (one New York sports writer puts the "opponent" in quotes) of the Squire of Chestnut Hill in the big heavyweight setto of the year--well, that...
...Lowell in the light of analogies that are at least thought-provoking. As an ideal, the Greek principle of a single extensive meet, with the interest rather on the universal, well-rounded development, than on the single event or the specialized group of performers, is far preferable to the Roman love of the spectacle. But unfortunately no such classical wave as the former would imply can be envisioned in this day. The Greeks lacked bands, uniforms, college songs; they lacked the inter-relation of sports and business that makes the autumn a financial gleaning-time for thousands in America...
...well-to-do sheep-owners in the Umbrian hills, Pietro Gasparri (not to be confused with his nephew, Enrico Cardinal Gasparri) studied for the priesthood at Nepi, then at the Pontifical Seminary in Rome. There he attracted the favorable attention of potent Cardinal Mertel, Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, became his secretary. Soon he was professor of Canon Law at the famed Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (TIME, Nov. 18). In 1898 he was elected archbishop, went to Lima as apostolic delegate for Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador. In 1901 he was called to be secretary of the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical...
...Pope in his second encyclical letter within a week. Reviewing the spiritual achievements of the year, he mentioned: concordats with Portugal, Rumania, Prussia; abatement of the persecution of priests in Mexico; new religious institutions in Rome: Lombard College, Russian College, Czechoslovakian College, Ethiopian Seminary; the settlement of the Roman question. Said he: "This happy termination opened a new era, in which Catholic Italy and the whole world rejoiced. Old prejudices have been forgotten by many in the peace with the Holy See." Added the Pope: His Golden Jubilee, technically ending Jan. 1, 1930, would be extended to June...
...right atmosphere and Lionel Barrymore seems to enjoy his role as the submarine builder and conqueror of the fish-men of the ocean bottom. But The Mysterious Island is too long and too complicated and its fantasy is too often choked by the plot. Good shots: the sunken Roman galley, manned with the skeletons of slaves shackled in their seats; the crew of the submarine dressing to go out by pushing a lever which drops diving suits over them; the fish-men, whose bodies are shaped like diving suits, getting ready...