Word: rosing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tomorrow morning the University track men will journey to New York to participate in the Mill rose Athletic Club games in Madison Square Garden that night: Coach E. L. Farrell has entered his charges in the dashes, the 1000-yard run, the one mile relay, and the pole vault...
...occasion was a banquet at Toronto to honor Lieutenant Governor Harry Cockshutt of Ontario, shortly to retire. White-bosomed and sleek-shouldered. Premier Ferguson rose to address the King Emperor, personified by His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor. "Canadians," said Mr. Ferguson, "consider outworn the system which now denies to them the right of accepting fitting honors from His Majesty the King. . . . While Canadian politicians should unquestionably still be barred from accepting such honors, there are many other Canadians who deserve and should receive what only the Sovereign can bestow. . . . I hope that the Dominion Government will soon withdraw...
...came that the Duchess had devised a special code before leaving England in which radio messages are sent to her concerning the health of her baby, Princess Elizabeth, now under the personal care of the Queen-Empress Mary. Flower names were chosen by the Duchess as baby code words. Rose: well and happy. Dogwood: whooping cough. Lily: sleeps well. Snapdragon: colic...
...years associated with the New York Sun, on which he won his place at the age of 23 by writing letters to Editor Charles A. Dana from his home, Bath, Me. Editor Dana invited him to work at the then fabulous salary of $50 per week. This rose to $20,000 a year during the many years that Mr. Mitchell penned the Sun's leading editorials, famed for their tart penetration. When the late Publisher Munsey purchased the Sun (1916) he retained Mr. Mitchell as editorial chief. Not until last year did Mr. Mitchell retire...
...ridiculousness of Abie's Irish Rose is forsaken for the sublimity of saintliness. Therefore, the lines are written in blank verse, a special musical accompaniment is provided to exalt them still higher. Unfortunately, the play, weighted down by heavy-handed craftsmanship and uninspired poetry, ascends to nothing loftier than pompous platitudinousness. Specimen of the verse: "a magnificent flood of mothers' milk." Sam Abramovitch might as logically have been Hans Schneidewind but for the local box office...