Word: classically
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...captured Peking, preferably several times. Absolutely nothing was known last week of the strength or nature of the forces with which Comet Wu suddenly appeared on the Yangtsze River in central China. As usual the "Scholar War Lord" heralded his approach with an exquisitely worded manifesto in purest classic script which his mysterious agents distributed to diplomatic representatives of the Great Powers in China...
Such is the grand, authentic manner, such are the classic words "reluctance," "strength" and "peace" with which a proper Chinese Comet always and inevitably returns...
...tunnel), finished in 1922, and the Marathon Dam, completed last fall, supplying water for the city of Athens, and overlooking the famed battlefield where the Greeks defeated the Persians in 490 B. C. The dam is faced with marble from Mt. Pentelicon (which also supplied the marble for the classic temples of the Acropolis) and the water from its reservoir travels a portion of its route to Athens via the old Hadrian Aqueduct, constructed some 2,000 years ago. Largely interested in Ulen & Co. is Matthew Chauncey Brush's American International Corp. and Charles Augustus Stone...
...first string eight brushes up on fundamentals in preparation for the Thames classic, the odds seem to be heavily on Yale. The Crimson supporters are banking on the gradual return to form which has been evident during the past week, since the seating were finally settled. The eight is now approaching the peak of condition and seems to be rowing better than at any time since April 1. Although odds of 3 to 1 have been laid on a Yale win, it is extremely doubtful whether the Elis will have a large margin, although they will probably...
Racegoers flocked to see a match between the two most touted horses of the season: William Woodward's Gallant Fox, rugged, big-chested, built on classic lines of speed and strength; Harry Payne Whitney's Whichone, tapering-bodied, slim, stylized. There were three other horses in the race, but people talked about them only in the possible ways in which their performances could influence the rivalry between these two: Gallant Fox, winner of the Preakness, the Wood Memorial, the Kentucky Derby; Whichone, who beat Gallant Fox in the Futurity last year...