Word: swayings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first demure applause rippled over the throng; then as the Pope neared in a soft sway the faithful fell to their knees, crossed themselves, received the Pope's blessing as he passed, his left hand holding a lighted candle, his right, with two fingers extended, gesturing over the heads of his children. So passed the glorious personage gowned in white and gold,* crowned with the jeweled triple tiara, with the Papal pectoral cross hung from his neck...
MOSUL. The vexed question of whether the Republic of Turkey or the British-protected Kingdom of Irak shall hold sway over the oil fields and Christians in the Vilayet of Mosul (TIME, Dec. 31 et ante) was illuminated early in the week by the report of the Esthonian General Laidoner, sent by the League to investigate British charges against the Turks (TIME...
...frills and furbelows will bedeck their billowing bosoms; no petticoats will swathe their fattish calves; no bushy beards will sway from their chubby chins. No more will they, wearing what-the-gentlemen-will-wear, rush into night clubs. No more will their handsome features peer through a peekhole in a door behind which 200 topers are toping; and no more will their portly bodies enter to find a single toper dizzily sipping ginger beer. No more need wedding guests lifting their bubbling-stemmed glasses to the bride, fear sudden descent of those twain, snatching the twinkling beverage from their lips...
...polls opened and the polls closed, and New York City had chosen the candidates from which she will pick her next mayor. The great event of the primaries was the excision of Mayor John F. Hylan, who long has held sway over Manhattan under the aegis of Tammany and with the support of his friend, Mr. William Randolph Hearst...
...Louisville, northern capital of the territory which Fundamentalism holds in almost unbroken sway, the popular and prominent League of America met to elect officers. Tingling with devout recollection of his masterful sermon on the dance, they chose Dr. John Roach Straton,* Manhattan divine, to be Chairman of the Campaign Committee. For President, they chose William Jennings Bryan, Jr., Los Angeles attorney...