Word: smoke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which he insisted that the Holy See observe the strictest neutrality, yet make every effort to restore peace and mitigate suffering. The fine periods of that address were still echoing when the Cardinals met to elect a new Pope. Ten ballots were cast and as the smoke of their burning ascended from the Vatican, it was della Chiesa, not del Val, who experienced the emotion of becoming God's spokesman on earth...
...competitors were characters widely diverse in aspect: Captain Smoke, a hermit; Jean Cabell O'Neill, "a very famous pen-woman"; May Shaw, who set out to read aloud the whole Bible; an Indian Chief named Hawk, who made dirty drawings; a charming Mexican girl who sang the sad dance songs of her country, accompanying herself on the piano in the middle of the arena...
There is a decrease in this year's Freshman class of 22 men whose adenoids and tonsils have--been removed. The Freshman class musters two more appendices than does the Sophomore, while 28 more Freshmen have bad teeth and six less smoke...
...proof that the worst students are the healthiest, statistics on provisional Sophomores and Freshmen are given, showing that 90 per cent of the provisional students rate B's or C's in posture as compared to the 75 per cent of those in good standing. Also, more of them smoke, but more wear glasses...
...smoke that was the Schubert Centennial there took shape one definite, perhaps permanent, project which showed itself last week for the first time under the name of the Schubert Memorial, Inc. On the notion that Schubert lived his life unrecognized, that today many talented young U. S. musicians are threatened with the same plight, it organized for the purpose of establishing a contact between them and "the representative musical public." Baldly, its plan is to sponsor debuts, dress them glamorously that many and important listeners will be attracted, including-and it was severely stressed-leading critics whose verdicts supposedly...