Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...drawings are the very happy result of a summer spent by the artist visiting the English cathedrals. Those who saw last autumn's exhibition at the Fogg Museum and remember the fine accuracy and firm precision of Mr. Conant's rendering of Spanish buildings will be charmed with his version of Lincoln, Durham and Wells as ever they were with Palma or Availa. And that is saying a great deal for not only were Mr. Conant's Spanish drawings almost poignantly beautiful, but the architecture of those sun-flooded towns south of the Pyrenees if of itself more stimulating, more...
Yesterday was the 63d anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt. While many states have already officially proclaimed October 27th as Roosevelt Day, Massachusetts apparently has not yet done so. For while New York City saw fit to observe the date with numerous meeting, banquets, and a pageant, the University, which likes to speak of the late ex-president as the "greatest Harvard man", let the day pass without any mention, official or otherwise. But would it not be worth while to ascertain whether undergraduate opinion is not in favor of observing the date by some simple annual ceremony...
...Under Cover" does not seem to have suffered from years of retirement, even the problem of who's who being as perplexing as when we first saw William Courtenay in the riddle. Be-derbied custom inspectors are fascinating creatures, especially when they soften to $30,000 bribes! And who will tire of the clever crook and the daring detective--the be-all and end-all of adventure in Long Island Society--stage version? In addition to the thrills there is plenty to laugh at, by which we mean genuine laughter...
With its varied staff of actors, artists, electricians, stage hands, and managers, the Club is so equipped that it can do highly efficient and successful work. Those who saw "The Dragon" or "The Blind" last year will realize that, given the same technique and enthusiasm, the fall production will have no occasion to store away its "S. R. O." signs backstage...
...year 1630 saw the erection of the two houses which formed the settlement called "Newtowne". By the end of the century, Brattle Street, known as "Greek Lane", was already reaching out, the inhabitants thereof were envied for their reputed wealth; the colony had awarded Harvard College an endowment of 400 pounds and two of the regicides lived there long enough to teach the natives some new foreign oaths...