Word: vigilants
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Best shots: Chetoga's lonely vigil to appease the Manitou; the fall of a great pine, symbolizing Chetoga's death; un-faked closeups of deer, wolverines, 75,000 caribou; a bear and mountain lion fighting; the wolf pack trying to hamstring, then Baluk spearing, a bull moose...
...Semion has mated with her for eight years; for five of those years Ivan, living in the same cabin, has manfully choked his desire. But when freedom comes, no such suppression is possible. Ivan confesses his passion to Semion, and they spend their last night together in a friendly vigil, neither approaching Natascha's bed. Next day, when each discovers that the other intends to remain with the girl, a conflict is inevitable. Semion is killed. His anguished mistress, believing that he has gone without bidding her farewell, accepts the offer of a Russian officer and leaves her homeland...
...would never think of denying it is His Most Catholic Majesty Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, who piously celebrates the Vigil of the Assumption every year, then takes off the clothes he wore while celebrating, sends them to the Duque de Hijar...
...Campbell. 15th of his line, died, was succeeded by his son Alfonso. Since the 15th Century the family of Hijar have been collecting cast-off Royal garments, esteem this a great and (by association of ideas) holy privilege, guard as their most precious treasure hundreds of old Royal Vigil uniforms...
...figures are correct, almost one-fourth of our national income is spent in recreation. We spend it in hot-dogs, automobiles, movies, road-houses and restless movement; one of the largest items is the two-hour vigil at the shrine of football on autumnal Saturdays. The play we love with such spirit is often mechanical play. It is play where we sit huddled close together in darkened auditoriums watching a small lighted space where two figures pound or hug each other. We watch, but we do not play...