Word: roomful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week the telephone jangled in the office of Idaho's Senator William Edgar Borah. The British Embassy was calling. Could Senator Borah see the British Ambassador? Yes-the next day. Punctual for his appointments. Sir Esme Howard arrived at the Senate Office building, found his way to room 139 without direction, was there long closeted with the senators...
...previous five. All other nominees were comparatively young men. Dr. Taitt is five years older than 62-year-old Bishop Garland. He has labored in the Pennsylvania vineyard all his life. Other nominees took several weeks of consideration before refusing the post. Dr. Taitt was in an adjoining room while the votes were cast. Elected on the first ballot he was immediately notified of the results. Ten minutes later his acceptance was announced to the press. It appeared to most observers that the potentates of the Pennsylvania diocese had made sure in advance, this time, that they would...
...harmonies but in spirit akin to Composer Ernst Krenek's much- discussed Jonny Spielt Auf, the bathroom opera's subject matter is a farcical treatment of divorce. The soprano's opening song becomes a duet when a man, employed by her husband to provide divorce grounds, enters the room. The duet becomes a trio when another feminine guest of the hotel comes in to demand the use of the bath. Finally the noise grows so loud that all the employes stream in. The finale is exciting, uproarious...
...transported, they must be frozen. Of several fish-freezing methods, the Taylor Process is speediest. The fish are docked, bathed, chopped up, unedible portions being removed and fillets (steaks) left. Then the fillets are put on a flat aluminum plate, on which they travel slowly through the freezing room, like amusement park visitors riding on a scenic railway. Interesting, too, is the scenery, as the walls and ceiling are covered with glittering stalactite formations. But the aluminum boat travels not over water but over calcium chloride at a temperature of 25° below Zero. Having finished their 40-minute ride...
James J. ("Gentleman Jim") Corbett, vaudevillian, onetime heavyweight boxing champion of the world, is a member of the Friars Club, famed Manhattan theatrical sodality. For two years the Friars have allowed women to wait for them in a vestibule significantly nicknamed "the boxing room." Last week the Friars closed all their doors to women; "the boxing room" is no more. Explained Boxer-Friar Corbett: "There isn't any gentleman's club that likes to have ladies dropping in. And who ever heard of ladies in a monastery...