Word: softer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Flame of Belgium seemed to His Majesty so thoroughly polluted that he decreed a national ceremony for its purification. Present to assist grave, scandalized King Albert last week were petite intellectual Queen Elizabeth, tousle-headed, schoolboyish Crown Prince Leopold, his svelt, sophisticated wife Crown Princess Astrid,* and his softspoken, softer-eyed sister Princess Marie José (Jan. 8, 1930, was announced last week as the day she will wed Italy's mincing-mannered but courageous Crown Prince Umberto [TIME...
Unless this attitude changes, Princeton will be faced with the alternatives of taking beatings as a matter of course, or of adopting much softer schedules. We can envisage neither situation with equanimity. It is axiomatic that Princeton has been most successful when her teams have been facing the biggest odds; this has been due in large measure to the enthusiastic co-operation of the entire University. Last year there was much talk on the Campus about making the schedule harder. Well, Amherst and Brown were no set-ups, and the next five will all be bigger and tougher. Bill Roper...
...Connecticut Ave. bridge. The family home in Provo has long since stood shuttered and vacant, grass tall in its yard? supposedly a symbol of the Senator's personal sacrifice in public service. His high poke collar with its white linen tie has given way to a lower softer neckdress, but there has been no relaxation in the grim stiff Smoot personality. From his indefatigability has sprung the verb to smoot...
Soon costly and significant gifts were bestowed upon the Royal Afghans. For Queen Thuraya two Angora cats of super-best breed, next an even softer, silkier present: a pile of rugs made from the pelts of famed and rare Angora goats...
...such diverse things as the tread of Shakespeare's clowns and the rhythm of the clog-dancers of Good News; and the Charles is no longer the dividing line between culture and the foothills, for to-night the Dramatic Club brings Bagdad "to Brattle Hall, and offers the softer" pacing of lissom Eastern maidens. Next week caps the dramatic excellence of the month, however, with the visit of two of New York's most celebrated stage organizations...