Word: blackness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...blue uniform, twinkling with medals, cased the little, compact royal body. The oval, shapely head bore proudly a black shako topped with aigrette plumes. The left hand rested, militantly graceful, on the jeweled hilt of a sword. The right arm snapped to a correct salute as Amir Amanullah beheld upon the platform small, slim King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, and burly but suave Prime Minister Benito Mussolini...
...when a soldier is wounded, "come out to cut up what remains." After a short peer, Romans delightedly readjusted their impressions. Her Majesty, Queen Badsha of Afghanistan, is a slender, lovely woman with ivory skin, bright dancing eyes, and a quick queenly smile. She wore, last week, a close, black Parisian fur coat, a chic cloche hat. She and her daughters had never before appeared unveiled in public. Brave, they not only laid aside their veils but rose to the occasion with knee-length skirts. "Viva! Viva!," cried gallants...
Elected. Eugene R. Black, onetime president of the Atlanta Trust Co., to be governor of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank; to succeed Maximilian Bethune Wellborn, retired after 13 years as governor...
...Appleton Jr., A. F. Bigelow, Arthur Black, L. T. Brown, G. D. Boardman, Spence Burton, J. D. Clark, A. H. Crosbie, J. F. Dever Jr. Roger Erust, H. W. Holmes, C. G. Loring, A. F. Nanro, C. S. Penhallow, G. B. Perry, H. P. Stevens, L. Ward, A. H. Weed...
...coach then explained that the Americans would probably take the second, third, fourth, and fifth places, as Ide from Penn State has done 162 feet, and Linn and Black have reached the 160 foot mark. "Then of course there is McGrath, who will compete in the Olympics for the fourth time, and has thrown the hammer a distance of 170 feet," Farrell remarked...