Word: 40th
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...world that, at 40, she would retire from opera, none but close friends took her seriously. She was still in her heyday?gay, darkly handsome, alive with magnetism. While Caruso was the great voice at the Metropolitan, she was filling the old house with glamour and excitement. Her 40th birthday came on Feb. 28, 1922. Less than two months later she gave her farewell performance. That memorable afternoon streamers were hurled from the balconies, flowers and confetti were piled on the stage. A great audience stood and cheered through its tears...
...only other Freshman to defeat Coggan was John Moore, who played the Queen's Pawn opening and forced Coggan to resign on the 40th move after the loss of his castle...
When King George celebrated his 40th birthday he was a Prince of Wales with five children to his credit. Today...
...from Fort Belvedere that H. R. H. drove over last week to Windsor Castle and to Fort Belvedere he drove back. Instead of golfing on his 40th birthday he donned overalls, took up a hoe and worked up a sweat among the vegetables of his bachelor garden...
...outdoor track and field sports season got off last week to a running, jumping, vaulting start when the 40th annual Penn Relays took place in Philadelphia, the 25th annual Drake Relays in Des Moines...