Word: arming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...campaign for the Democratic-Presidential nomination. Under a blue and windy sky the farmers who had come to town for the annual Farmers' Union munched hot dogs or cones and stood on their feet with their hands in their pockets. Their wives, many with yowling babies in arm, soon strolled away from the platform. The voice of Mr. Reed sounded incongruously vehement in the placid, warm afternoon, but the farmers and press correspondents (who were sitting just below the speakers' stand) listened carefully. Said Senator Reed: "Some of you farmers think agriculture is sick. Drs. Coolidge and Hoover...
...head may be blown off without contract, haircombs are counted superficial. Besides, there is no counter jab against a 16-inch shell. So the hero, once a cocky pugilist of the alleyways, turns yellow. But later he braces up, rushes a machine-gun nest, falls, comes to in the arms of his Red Cross nurse sweetheart. A delicate operation has been performed upon his shattered arm. Will he be able to use the limb? The audience watches in agonized suspense. Then the orchestra blares forth with "The Star Spangled Banner," the audience jumps to its feet, the hero...
...well as his old mitts, their snarls are effective. Last week, when Policeman Harry Gallagher told them to stop playing, their snarls ceased to be effective. Hence Devormer pere was stung into action. Bursting into the midst of the childish argument the- catcher seized Patrolman Gallagher by an arm. He shouted, full of a proud fury: "These kids are all right! They can play ball right here if they want to! They don't get in anybody's way! Let them alone...
...from anchorages on hilltops. For miles ahead you watch one, catching its brief flash as the beam swings high over your road. Drawing nearer, you see a reflector revolving on a small tower of skeletal steel, a land lighthouse functioning impersonally in solitude. You pass, and see a fainter arm of light waving over the hills ahead, the next eye. They are the night beacons for the U. S. airmail...
...modest chapters in conclusion" describe and illustrate the Jones technique?the classic body-turn, sharply cocked left eye, straight left arm, opposed wrists in putting, etc.?and reiterate the central Jones doctrine: "Play against...