Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...steel headpiece, or morion, dates from 1575 and was worn in the state guard of Francesco de Medici, while the one of gold is a burgonet of 1550 from the Papal Guard. Both pieces represent the half century when the decoration of armor was most splendid without detracting from its defense...
...Leftist bombing planes. The 15,45 2-ton Espana was launched 24 years ago, but she had been recently fitted with new German anti-aircraft guns. Watchers on shore could see them go into action, white woolly puffs bursting all round the circling bombers. What happened next was a splendid moot point for naval historians. Loyalists say one of their air bombs plopped straight down the Espana's funnel. Rebels insist that the Espana struck a floating mine. In any case, up she blew and in 45 minutes sank by the stern to the bottom...
Drawn from Emyln William's stage shocker, the picture is finely filmed and avoids the whodunit pitfalls of most murder stories by the sympathetic performances of its cast. Robert Montgomery is splendid as the killer, and although Rosalind Russel's portrayal of combined fascination and revulsion is rather unpleasant to behold, her performance is excellent. Dane May Whitty is excellent as an unsuspecting hypochondriac, but Merle Tottenham ad Kathleen Harrison lay on the cockney a little too thickly...
...Clubs of America, scheduled to take place in Indianapolis on May 15th, is an event of no small importance to either the University or to the varied thousands of graduates scattered in every corner of the nation. In recent years the practice of a twenty-fifth reunion has done splendid work in bringing back to the confines of Harvard, men in all walks of life, in all callings and in every profession. Holders of vastly different political creeds and men firm in varied social and moral beliefs have met and renewed acquaintances and friendships here, twenty-five years before, they...
Upset earlier in the year by the Terriers when the Crimson were taken by surprise to the tune of 9-7, Coach Mitchell's forces seem at last to be on the good baseball trail after playing a splendid game against highly touted Holy Cross. Unless they are again hogtied by the deliveries of Bob Leahy they are in a good enough hitting mood to batter out a victory...