Word: smoked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Swaying their supple bodies violently, Coptic Christian priests followed their Archbishop up the aisle of St. George's Cathedral in Addis Ababa (New Flower), Abyssinian capital. The chill air, blue with incense, reeked with the smoke of native tallow candles, throbbed to wild strains. Cried the Archbishop, lifting high the crown, "God has anointed thee to rule with Justice...
...check in early, stay late. If tardy, they may face a stern Miss Mercereau. Pierce men do not have the privilege of sending or receiving personal telephone calls during working hours. Pierce men may not send letters not approved of by Miss Mercereau. Pierce men know they must not smoke during office hours. Efficient, a hard-worker, stern, Miss Mercereau is rapidly attaining the reputation of Wall Street's bogey-woman...
...affairs. Driving his Willys-Knight motorcar is a diversion. Not interested in Society or socialite sport he goes to bed regularly at 10 p.m., sees his principal friends-Senators Borah, Johnson, Brookhart, LaFollette-mostly at the Capitol. He likes to listen to radio reports of baseball games, to smoke numerous cigars...
...made one "shot" of The Chief ("WR") being handshaken at city hall by Mayor James ("Sunny Jim'') Rolph Jr. He reached for his bottle of flashlight powder, to prepare another. As he removed the stopper there was a searing flash, a dull detonation, a blast of choking smoke and flying glass. The crowd of 3,000 milled and trampled at the cry of "bomb!" Photographer Shelton lost a thumb, nearly lost an eye from what every photographer fears-hot embers falling into the powder bottle...
...East Liverpool, Ohio, the City Council announced that any Pennsylvania R. R. engineman driving a train faster than 15 m.p.h. through the town would be arrested. Citizens had complained of 100-car trains speeding through the town at 50 to 60 m.p.h. "with unnecessary use of whistles . . . belching of smoke...