Word: breathes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Miss Mills seemed more certain of herself, because she wasn't substituting for anybody, and she was hidden behind a pink hat. She said that she thought it was a breath of life to see such an uncynical show, and we applauded, so the reporter told us to go back to the martinis. The book costs fifty cents at the Coop...
...hurried, three-week airborne tour of the U.S. and Europe, to win friends and stir up foreign interest in Brazil's vast problems and opportunities. The trip also served the useful purpose of gaining added prestige for Kubitschek, and giving Brazilians a chance to catch their breath and reflect on what manner of man they had chosen. Even his supporters are likely to find him something of a novelty. Brazil has had generals, statesmen and intellectuals for Presidents, but never before a businessman type like Juscelino Kubitschek...
...retired employees as well as volunteers for night classes. It should get the same recognition as the various military reserves, should be set up on a national basis, perhaps by act of Congress. "Because of their practical experience," said Sarnoff, "teachers in the Educational Reserve Corps would bring the breath of living reality into the classroom. They would help to restore the sense of adventure to technical careers and inspire many an able and imaginative student...
...Jekyll reappeared from behind stage looking a little out of breath and had his assistant bring out a box and locked one of the girls in, but after a while she got out. Raising his hands again for applause, Dr. Jekyll spoke to the audience softly. "It is said that magicians have the power to cast spells. If I were to cast a spell over you, I would wish you good luck, good fortune, and all the best of life." Then Dr. Jekyll folded his collapsible table and quietly stole away...
...Communist International at The Hague in 1872; he became a protege of Karl Marx. His grandson, Richard Sorge, was deeply involved in the onset and outcome of World War II, and once boasted: "If I had worked for the Allies, history would record my name in the same breath ... as Churchill and Roosevelt...