Word: beneath
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Polack marveled, then he jumped. He marveled at the Sesquicentennial International Exhibition at Philadelphia, into which he had crawled beneath a fence in advance of the earliest crowds. He jumped when a 21-gun salute boomed the opening of the exposition last week...
...Pilsudski, having overthrown the Polish Government by violence (TIME, May 24) and then quixotically refused to accept a higher office than his beloved Ministry of War (TIME, May 31), became last week a living yet piquantly legendary hero about whom "human interest" fabliaux were woven without stint and printed beneath lavish headlines...
Attired in his favorite garment?a faded uniform democratically without rank insignia of any kind?he loomed more than ever the fighter among his impressively and impeccably garmented staff. Peering at the correspondents from beneath his great eyebrows he replied to their request for an interview...
...could not let up for a single minute. I was putting every ounce of my mind, energy and knowledge into making our course so straight that we could not deviate half a mile from the imaginary line. ... I was sighting so constantly on the bright, sun-lighted snow beneath us that my right eye began to show the first symptoms of snow blindness...
...race was practically decided beneath the bridge. With the onlookers calling loudly for a Crimson spurt, Princeton suddenly jumped ahead with a higher count and came out into open water again well in the lead. From then until the finish line was reached the Black and Orange lightweights increased their advantage to a full length. The Harvard boat never stopped fighting, however, and actually pulled up a few feet in the last 100 yards...