Word: brush
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Epic of America does not seek to compete with the ordinary historical or economic narratives of the U. S. With only four brief footnotes, few formal statistics, a broad brush Adams paints a rapid but effective picture, tries at the same time to show "how the ordinary American . . . has become what he is today in outlook, character, and opinion.'' Such oft-told stories as the events of the Revolution and the Civil War, Washington at Valley Forge and Lincoln in his cabin Adams does not retell; but he comments on their causes, their effects on the national character...
...picture epitomizes some of the arts and industries of the U.S. Upon a great scaffolding several artisans are at work besides Diego Rivera, who is painting a huge central figure, symbolical of them all. Rivera holds in one hand a tin plate for a palette, in the other a brush. The scaffolding ingeniously subdivides the space into six panels...
...pressure was brought to bear or not was fox-bearded Montagu Collet Norman, Governor of the Bank of England. Last week he disappeared completely. He was not in Quebec, where he was supposed to be, nor was he in Ottawa or Montreal. News-hounds could not flush his grey brush in New York or Washington...
...stunt flyers, a team of Europeans assembled by onetime U. S. Navy flyer Lieut. Alford J. Williams, took the air. Going past the stands, Wasp Udet shot out of formation as the other planes landed, climbed almost perpendicularly, turned on his side, dropped till his left wing seemed to brush the ground, climbed again, rounded the field upside down at a height of 200 ft., cut his motor and made a perfect landing after three loops and a barrel-roll. This was the best stunting of the day. Lieut. Williams ended the display by flying a triangular course upside down...
...struck at once, ran toward the deep end of the pool. Startled was he when his rod bent double as a bigger, a monster fish struck the other fly, knocking the first trout free. Alarmed was he when suddenly a big, mossy-horned buck deer came out of the brush, walked into the river and started shoving Pub lisher Bonfils into deep water. Delighted was he when his host shooed the deer away and he climbed out of the stream 45 min. later with a 7¼ Ib. trout. Publisher Bonfils had the story of the affair printed...