Word: beholding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...basement windows, he noticed, were barred so that you could not get in-nor out. He went closer, peered between the bars, pressing his small face forward to see through the glass, to see School. Presently his head was all the way through the bars and Frank Bonora could behold dimly what the future held...
...National Federation of Settlements' unemployment chairman. She has studied unemployment insurance (the Dole) in England and found it good. She would institute cash relief in place of U. S. charity commissaries. She has presented such views before Congressional committees. Henry Street folk were agog last week to behold the objets d'art which Miss Hall brought with her, from China, Mexico and elsewhere, as well as sculptures and woodcarvings of her own. Newshawks came in. To one foolish question...
...veranda he was surprised to find several revenue agents, reading old magazines, in possession of the premises. "I'm the receiver," announced Mr. Duffy. "Well," said the agents, "look what you received." Inside the spacious house, vacant for years but well cared for, Mr. Duffy was dazzled to behold the burnished copper and carefully painted ironwork of a 5,000-gal. alcohol still, capable of filling a battery of 19-bbl. vats daily. Downstairs was a 5,000-gal. molasses vat. Throughout the house, parquet flooring and plate glass mirrors had been scrupulously polished. The control room for this...
...arrival, a chorus of 200 to sing "The Messiah" clergymen from Huntington, Brooklyn and Manhattan to speak. Congregations would come by the busload. The Long Island R. R. would put on a "Sunrise Special." After the service, worshippers would file through Col. Todd's studio to behold his blond Christ...
...Lord, our Heavenly Father, the high and mighty ruler of the Universe, Who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; most heartily we beseech Thee, with Thy favor to behold and bless Thy servant, Franklin, chosen to be the President of the United States...