Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...forbidding; I mean she was a big woman. And she was kindly; that is she patted the pickanniny's head; and the little chocolate drop sobbed she was sorry. And my heart softened. I mean I actually took her for a piggy back ride; and her brown arms were tight around me; I mean she was scared. And she sniffled on my neck. I mean her warm tears still came. I mean I too was sorry; the little brat...
...Tannhaüser. Second half of the program was devoted to a concert arrangement of Cavalleria Rusticana in which the Chorus outshone Helen Jepsor of the Metropolitan Opera, whose voice was too pallid for the big dramatic aria. She made her chief impression with her shimmering blonde hair, her tight-fitting green gown, the way she made her exit blowing kisses to the storehands...
...Philadelphia Monsignor Hugh L. Lamb, chancellor of the archdiocese since 1926, was consecrated auxiliary bishop, assuming the post Bishop O'Hara relinquished when he was sent to Georgia. Another prelate from the tight, self-sufficient archdiocese of Philadelphia's Denis Cardinal Dougherty moved up in the hierarchy when Most Rev. George Leo Leech became Bishop of Harrisburg, succeeding the late Bishop Philip Richard McDevitt. After a month at his new job Bishop Leech astounded his 200 priests by calling each correctly by his first name as he knelt to kiss the Episcopal ring...
...assassinated President Carranza. Calles, a superb executive during his four years (1924-28) as President, built up a potent political machine. After Obregón's assassination in 1928 he could afford to put in a Presidential puppet, Emilio Fortes Gil, and invent the National Revolutionary Party, a tight Fascist organization with a highly Socialistic program of paper promises for the people. Calles and his henchmen unionized Mexican labor, attacked the Catholic Church, quietly amassed huge fortunes, trained an oversized army...
...Fowler lists many guesses concerning the cause of chlorosis: menstrual difficulties, unrequited love, sudden fright, fallen stomachs, tight corsets, constipation, poor ventilation, overwork. Says he : "Probably the most logical view was . . . a long-continued iron deficiency in the diet." Despite those guesses "the reasons for the disappearance of chlorosis remain in darkness, and with its disappearance the explanation of its etiology becomes increasingly difficult...