Word: sicilian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fencing, has developed into a form of pleasurable exercise for the many. It is no longer necessary to wonder, when one sees an opponent's blade flash forward, whether the steel will lodge between the second and third ribs or between the fourth and fifth, as is the Sicilian custom; but merely in what manner the artistic parry one had in mind was so neatly deceived...
...possible escape of the crew by means of parachutes or a desperate forced landing, all hopes of saving the ship or its crew ceased when on the ninth or tenth day from the date of departure the body of the commander, Lieutenant du Plessis de Granadan was found in Sicilian waters by the net of a fisherman. No log among the few papers in his pockets, the failure of any carrier pigeons to return, a gleam of light seen off the coast of Sicily about the time that de Granadan's watch stopped led to the supposition that the disabled...
...lawyers of Sicily have gone on strike, and no cases are being heard before the courts because of the lack of counsel. The reason for the strike-a tax has been imposed upon Sicilian attorneys for the exercise of their profession. The Royal Commissioner refused the lawyers any relief. They walked...
...program for the regular "Pops" concert at 8.15 o'clock this evening in Symphony Hall is as follows: 1. Overture to "The Sicilian Vespers" Verdi 2. Waltz, "Vienna Bonbons" Strauss 3. Deep River Burleigh-Jacchia 4. Fantasia, "L'Oracolo" Leoni 5. Prelude and Siciliana from "Cavalleria Rusticana" Mascagni 6. Turkish Patrol Michaelis 7. Sextet from "Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti 8. Wotan's Farewell and Fire Scene, "The Valkyrie" Wagner 9. "The Shamrock," Selection of Irish Airs Myddleton 10. Panamericana Herbert 11. Bacchanale from "Philemon et Baucis" Gounod
...corner of the sulphur market is reported to have been effected by an agreement between American and Sicilian producers...