Word: westing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hasps. Explorer Carter's men inched up the lid, moved it most carefully to the floor. The box was open for the first time since TutankhAmen's priests made their incantations over it, since they set his soul on the path towards Amenti, the Region of the West where Osiris waited with his 42 judges to approve its virtue and permit its passage to the Egyptian Elysium, or condemn it to torment...
...what Howard Carter expected to find-four Canopic jars, rotund and high-shouldered. Each stood for one of the tutelary demons of the dead -dog-headed Hapt (Hepy*) who represented the north, man-headed Amset for the south, ape-headed Duamutef for the east, falcon-headed Kebhsenuf for the west. They had no power to wither the modern hands which gripped the covers of the jars and twisted gently. Removal was not difficult for each cover had a knob on it. Craftsmen had carved the knobs into careful and duplicate images of TutankhAmen's head...
...Seventh Act. Nina gathers round her three men: her husband, her lover, and her faithful friend and adviser Charles Marsden, a ladylike novelist who yearns after her throughout the play. Evans is rich, Darrell a failure. The small son finds Darrell kissing Nina. She sends Darrell to the West Indies...
...University fencing team was defeated by the Army swordsmen at West Point Saturday by a score of 11 to 6, in its first intercollegiate meet this year. The cadets won the matches in all three weapons, foils, sabers, and epee...
...University polo team gained its revenge upon the Army horsemen at West Point last Saturday by an 8 to 6 victory, wiping out their defeat of last spring. F.A. Clark '29 and R.B. Burnett ocC, starred for the Crimson. The latter scored four of the University goals, while Clark was positively effective on the defense. The University team was ahead from the start, and at the end of the third chukker was leading 5 to 0. Goals scored in the fourth chukker by Clark and J.P. Cotton Jr. '29 clinched the victory...