Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...demanded the high duties of this bill, and more. To defy them involved a man-sized political risk, even for a constitutionalist like Mr. Beck. The Philadelphia Congressman declared the whole policy of the extra session a "mistake," insisted that he had voted his "personal convictions," left his more orthodox Republican colleagues thoroughly startled by his independence, as he departed to Atlanta to tell the Georgia Bar Association that, like the Parthenon, the constitution was "still beautiful in its ruins...
...Orthodox in his painting, Martinez has personal idiosyncrasies. He often wears spats and riding breeches simultaneously, though rarely does he mount a horse...
...textbooks. During the recent European venture of U. S. professional golfers, he has been the direct antithesis of erratic unorthodox Leo Harley Diegel. On the careless hillocks and ridges of Muirfield and Moortown where he had his first taste of European golf, Golfer Smith generally had to forego his orthodox stance. In St. Cloud, however, the land's conformity did not interfere with his form. Furthermore, there was no wind, and the shimmering heat had baked the clay soil so that the balls seemed to be rolling on billiard tables. The best Smith scores were two consecutive...
...Biblical Passover is seven days. In Biblical times, however, messengers went to notify the people of the impending holiday, sometimes arrived late. An eighth day was therefore allotted to insure a full holiday. Today Orthodox Jews celebrate eight days, Reformed Jews seven...
...such partnerships as McKim, Mead & White or Carrere and Hastings. Architect Cram was and is a devout, learned Episcopalian Gothicist, medievalist. Architect Goodhue soon returned to Manhattan to superintend the firm's office there. A rift developed between the partners. The inventive Goodhue Gothic and the Cram Gothic - orthodox archaeological - could not go hand in hand. In 1914 Architect Goodhue began practice for himself. He then did his most noted work, including transitory palaces of Arabian Nights grandeur for the San Diego Exhibition, the Baltimore Cathedral, three of Manhattan's chief churches.* Over the Bridal Door of fashionable...