Word: stern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Upon a litter lay Empress Nagako. Erect and stern, Emperor Hirohito surveyed the scene before him. To one side court bards chanted a portion of the classics in a low tone. The great of the Empire surrounded the Imperial group. In it was Premier Güchi Tanaka, clad immaculately in Occidental formal attire. Hands placed together, he prayed, standing, eyes wide open, before a flag-adorned shrine...
...stern magic of sport thundered across the carpet and the little men on horses waved their bamboo wands. The wand of Thomas Hitchcock waved, and for the first time the goal of Major Atkinson was crossed for a score. The U. S. was leading. Stevenson waved his wand, and the U. S. was ahead by two. Britain rallied, fighting across the carpet toward the U. S. goal. They attacked, missed, attacked and missed again. Then Hitchcock waved his wand again and the score was 3-0. From that moment the event was no longer a contest; the magic...
Thus it was argued that M. Briand might still be suffering from eye trouble-not trouble with his own eyes, but trouble from the stern eye of Premier Raymond Poincaré-an eye that glares discouragement on what it considers the too liberal, too pacifist policies of the squat Foreign Minister...
...SOLDIERS!?After a reign, brilliant and glorious for the race, the fatherland, and the army?a reign conducted with great sacrifice and stern decision?our great and beloved king has closed forever his eyes, which never ceased to contain unlimited affection. Under his leadership you have conquered, you have forged the national unity of all Rumanians, and with laurels gathered on the battlefields, you have crowned his brow and your...
...plunged into deliberation and piles of papers. For three hours they worked as only engineers can work-with a minimum of talk and a maximum of thought." A less exciting impression of what civil engineers do at a convention was given by John F. Stevens, the Society's stern-faced president: "The principal reason for the convention is to establish a bond of brotherhood. . . . We will consider routine business-aside from that nothing remains." But what John F. Stevens would call