Word: adventism
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...elite St.-Cyr when he matriculated into a tougher school -World War I. He served actively in Poland in 1920, inactively as a post war staff officer under Petain, then in Syria, then in Paris. Only three years ago he became a colonel; only three weeks ago -with the advent of Weygand, who knows his worth -he became a general...
...equipped 26 camouflaged airplane landing fields along the border. Mexicans from President Cárdenas to the poorest peon knew that a fifth column was on the march south of the Rio Grande. They also knew that its immediate object was not to prepare Mexico for the advent of Adolf Hitler but to keep Uncle Sam out of Europe by keeping him busy in his own backyard...
Scheduled to appear simultaneously with the advent of the girls for the Jubilee, the Redbook is coming out a week later because of plans which moved the Freshman dance up a week...
...advent of Chick Webb and Gene Krupa has revolutionized the style of every rhythm section in the country, so that today even a mediocre band like Jan Savitt's can cut any of the old Armstrong or Henderson groups as for as pure rhythm is concerned. Compare Fletcher's Sugarfoot Stomp with Savitt's and see what I mean...
...such was a barrier to the contemplation of eternal truths. It had no place in the Church service. In this situation one can sense the death-rattle of religious music; already dying, it must have perished unwept when the source that nourished it dried up. With the advent of the Restoration, a corresponding burst of secular music was due. If there had been any trend toward a revitalization of Church music, it would have been stifled by the personality of the king. When Charles II attended church, he did not want music that expressed the inner essence of the ritual...