Word: station
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trilogy of domestic American existence (The Detour and Icebound preceding) is the least worth while. In attempting to satirize suburban domesticity Mr. Davis has erred in sacrificing his deeper theme for surface laughter. The commuter who attends Home Fires does not rush from the theatre to the railroad station pointing an accusing finger at himself and sobbing " guilty." Yet the lines are undeniably amusing; Mr. Davis has fed them to the flames in sufficient quantities to keep Homes Fires burning on Broadway for some time...
...Lick Observatory, under its Director, Dr. W. W. Campbell, will observe the eclipse from the main observatory and from a station at Ensenada, Lower California...
...Many amateur and unofficial groups will observe the eclipse from various points in its path. The federal and state officials of Mexico, the National Railways, local astromomers are offering every possible courtesy to the visiting scientific men. The wireless station at Chapultepee Castle, Mexico City, will be opened for the benefit of the astronomers...
Gabriele d'Annunzio, Italian soldier-poet: "A Eucharistic Congress at Zagre, Yugo-Slavia, was attended by a papal legate named Pilegrinetti. This holy man was met at the station by an emotional crowd of nuns and monks cheering loudly. The reason for his warm reception was that the Italian for ' papal legate ' is ' nunzio.' The good Yugo-Slavs had confounded their guest with me and were greeting him by my name...
Before leaving Waterloo Station, London, the ex-Lord Chancellor was asked if he had written out his speeches. " No," replied Lord Birkenhead, " God has given me a tongue and that is better than...