Word: descending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attitude toward Catholicism of General Calles who, while President of Mexico, publicly defied what he called "the grunts of the Pope." Betting odds favor Candidate Rubio so overwhelmingly that, taking a hint from the last U.S. election, he is campaigning with an air of ignoring his opponents, refusing to descend to debate with them...
...Lawrence knows, and the audience only later discovers, is that she is really a parlor maid. This she is forced to admit when the real Prince playfully introduces her mistress. Baroness von Rischenheim, in the guise of a serving maid. But with masks discarded, and the curtain about to descend, these Viennese sports have only begun...
...finale, Producer White and several members of his cast, dressed in rubber garments, descend into a large pool of water, emerge soaked and smiling...
Advise, commands, warnings, admonitions, descend regularly every fall on the Freshman class and they will undoubtedly do so as long as people continue to go to college. Between meetings at the Union, and the Phillips Brooks House, conferences with faculty and student advisors, meals and discussions with other bewildered classmates, respectful conversations with upper classmen, the Freshman soon finds out enough to avoid singing up for five pressing contracts, and fills out a study card...
...sidewalk crowds seethed with upperclassmen and "townies" looking for a fight. Scuffles broke out, fists swung, policemen's billies began to descend...