Word: trowel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Freemasonry is by far the biggest, oldest and most important of the numerous orders, and the model for most of them. It has been suspiciously peered at and often "exposed." Actually, although Masonry's ritual is private, it contains no dreadful secrets. Its symbolism is commonplace (e.g., the trowel cements men in brotherly love; the white lambskin apron is for innocence). Its ceremonies are based on biblical stories. The legend of the slaying of Hiram Abif, one of the builders of Solomon's Temple, is the background of much of the ritual. The world of Hiram Abif...
...work of artists of the 2,500 years between, the public could find cats of its choice in all sizes, complexions and dispositions. Among those present: a centuries-old trowel-eared Cat Head in bronze (7th-4th Century B.C.) which stared out of its case with the composed dignity that its important place in Egyptian society had justified; a mummy of the same breed (one of thousands of such embalmed animals found in the Nile Valley), bound into a thin, dusty cylinder with only the ears and sunken face visible; a 15th Century specimen crouched and grinning above a terse...
...Seattle, the capital of his domain, he has made himself a leading citizen. The job was done in part by the lever of power and the trowel of publicity, but mostly by the touchstone of success. By virtue of his hard-won eminence, he rubs shoulders with bankers and bishops, raises funds for charity, and serves, beaming with pride, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Washington...
...Spanish), pull a knife and, of course, exercise her deadlier blandishments. The film's limitations are largely those of its star, though it manages some tension in such rough & tumble scenes as the one where Don José and Garcia (Victor Jory) hack at each other with trowel-sized knives. The story is based on the Prosper Mérimée novel and does not make use of the music from Bizet's opera. It is prettier and more exciting than the opera could ever be without the score-but nothing about it begins to match Bizet...
Jargon with a Trowel. The Harder They Fall shows a certain verve in the writing; the Eighth Avenue, Manhattan atmosphere and guttersnipe jargon are accurate, though laid on with a trowel; some of the minor characters-trainers, punch-drunk fighters, hangers-on-are human, pathetic and partly credible. Schulberg has hung around the sidelines of boxing for years, but only as a spectator. It is poor luck for him that Eddie Lewis' relationship with his boss is reminiscent of Jack Burden's with his (a fictional Huey Long) in last year's Pulitzer Prize novel...