Word: desdemona
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...distinguished himself at West Point by slovenliness of person, mediocrity of scholarship, hatred of firearms, and a certain girlish squeamishness of profanity and rough jokes. His femininity was emphasized by a callow appearance-indeed, during leisure hours of the Mexican War, Grant took the part, in amateur theatricals, of Desdemona, no less...
...rolling eyes, and gave him the jolly aspect of a Moor who has made up many a Pullman berth in his time. It was perhaps to attain more dignity that he thundered and declaimed his lines, with sweeping gestures; but he did it well, and in his scenes with Desdemona he was all simple sincerity...
...opened the season at Noroton, Connecticut, on June 22 with Jezebel' and 'Desdemona', two special Ford trucks 'Vivian', a Ford touring car, 'Nemo', a Dodge of questionable antecedents, and Mr. Cheney's Renault runabout, 'Pippett', as our means of transportation. We were kept busy attending to these cars throughout our 11 weeks' hour...
...Jezebel', especially, as her name suggests, was constantly outting up; one could depend on her to furnish some excitement every day. 'Desdemona', on the other hand, had only one weakness--she had to be choked thoroughly before starting...
...sang arias from the third and fourth acts of La Bohème, the balcony scene from Romeo et Juliette to the Romeo of Charles Hackett, U. S. tenor, the final scene from Otello. She died once as Mimi, again as Desdemona. Her Britannic Majesty, high in her royal box, wiped away a tear...