Word: roses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Suffering from leg ulcers, poor blood circulation and a weak heart since last December, 79-year-old Pope Pius XI rose from bed. walked a few, unsteady steps, exclaimed: "You see. . . . Thanks...
...Cardozo. 66, was reading intently. Justice Sutherland. 74, stroked his Vandyke, also read. Chief Justice Hughes, 74, spoke quietly to Justice Van Devanter beside him and Mr. Van Devanter, 77, smiled dourly. But the argument went on to its conclusion, the Justices interrupting occasionally to make inquiries. Finally they rose and filed out in their customary dignity without either the attorneys or the courtroom audience realizing that they had witnessed the reception by the Supreme Court of an historic document: Franklin Roosevelt's message to Congress recommending a reorganization of the judicial branch of the Government-an oil-smooth...
...Paducah, Ky., the Ohio flood waters rose so high in front of the Public Library that Andrew Carnegie's statue was submerged to the chin...
...Service actually made a profit of from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 on the deal. Furthermore, Mr. Doherty retained and still holds 2,431,000 of Cities Service's 37.500,000 outstanding common shares, sold not a single share later in 1929 when the market price rose 200% above the price he received in the questioned deal. As for the 1,000,000 shares of special stock, they were issued to Mr. Doherty to shield his management against the threat of "power ful financial groups" which at that time were circling hungrily around Cities Service. The issue...
When Nicholas I became Tsar, Pushkin's tireless hopes rose again. Unluckily for him, the Decembrist Revolt numbered many of his good friends, all of whom seemed to have subversive Pushkin poems among their papers. Though not directly implicated in the conspiracy, Pushkin was again under suspicion. He was allowed to lay his case before the Tsar. After an hour-long interview Pushkin emerged, seething with loyalty. He was free to go anywhere in Russia, except St. Petersburg...