Word: surly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chester concession, it looks as if it will shortly assume normal proportions, if, indeed, it sur'vives at all. Both France and Britain protested against the infringement of their rights. Canada came forward with a claim of a 45% interest in the project, and, last but not least, General Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal and possibly the most significant figure behind the Chester concession, is reported to have resigned. No reason was given...
...full glory of ancient pomp Caliph Abdul Medjid crossed the Bosporus in a fourteen-oared caïque painted with a frieze of flowers and arabesques, its carved gilt prow sur- mounted by a silver image of a strange bird. The occasion was the first Selamlik-official service at a mosque-held in Scutari (opposite Constantinople) by the Caliph...
...What are they reading?" you ask. Geniuses, you know, are often made up of the queerest elements. The amorous book, "L'academie des Philosophes sur l'amour"; belonged to what court lady? No lady at all but to the staid Montesquieu, that man whose works Professor Munro always recommends but which no undergraduate has ever read. Perhaps that wary looking volume, which the card describes as "Etat des troupes et des etats-major des places"--once wholted the stern glance of Richelieu. It was Madame de Pompadour's and she, upon receiving it from His Majesty, probably placed it among...
...Steinert '22, Pianoforte. Canzonetta from the second concerto Tchaikowsky On Wings of Song Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholody Waltz in A Major F. Brahms H. E. Scott '22, Violin. R. S. Childe '22, Accompanist. Ebb on with me M. Smith '20 The Broken Field M. Smith '20 II pleut document sur la ville G. McC. Newell Sp. The Prayer G. McC. Newell Sp. The Oak Tree Edward Ballantine Love's Creed Edward Ballantine J. F. Lautner ocC., Tenor. R. S. Childe '22, Accompanist. Rhapsody F. Brahms Waltz G. McC. Newell Sp. W. T. Ames '24, Pianoforte. String quartette Interludium in Modo Antico...