Word: slenderness
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Five years ago there was only sand and a few pines on this spot. But Mr. Bok caused a slender Gothic tower, of pink Georgia marble and tan Florida coquina stone, to be erected. Delicately balanced in the top is the largest carillon in the U. S.? At the tower's base is a pool, surrounded by exotic trees and shrubs. Mr. Bok calls this place the "Taj Mahal of America." It was to dedicate this U. S. Taj that President Coolidge had gone to Florida...
...arched windows it resembles a Spanish mission. Two days after Christmas Father Thomas Kearney was roused from his early morning slumber by a wild-eyed townsman who talked of visions. Together they went and stood before the church. On the door shimmered a soft image. A tender, shadowy face, slender hands and billowy robes were suggested in mottled luminescence. At dawn it disappeared. Thereafter the image appeared at twilight, continued through the night. Hundreds heard about it. came to see for themselves. Cripples and weazened ancients were among them. Some said it was the Blessed Virgin, others that...
...withdrawal of votes in the election of Phillips Brooks House officers from the College electorate to place them in a constituency of men who are connected with the House at least by a slender bond of interest is, in a sense, a declaration of independence. College sentiment toward the P. B. H. has changed in the past few years to a disinterest that refuses to contribute time and effort to its programs. More than a denial to the College of the voting privilege which it has long abused, the latest step of the P. B. H. cabinet is a complete...
...Journeyman, clapped his broad black hat upon her head, called for more beer and presently begged for one of the Guildsman's gold earrings. While they dawdled the crook returned, drew a knife on the carpenter. Though old, the Hamburger was still potent. Seizing the crook's slender wrist he wrenched away the knife; seizing his coat collar and seat of trousers he hurled him sprawling into a Kurfürsten-Damm gutter, returned to Gretchen. Half an hour later some 30 taxis teeming with tuxedoed crooks drew up outside the Hamburger convention. Though the Journeymen flung chairs...
...what they so often are, it was freely rumored that Yen and his Shansi were at best holding aloof and at worst were likely to attack Nanking. Last week, however, the Marshal pompously approached "Southern Capital" upon his private train, accompanied by wife and retinue. At the station stood slender, waspish President Chiang Kaishek, and strapping War Minister Feng Yu-hsiang. As Yen joined Chiang and Feng, press photographers snapped "China's Big Three...