Word: catch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Author, whose real name is at present Mrs. William Rose Benét, gained her literary reputation when she published, in 1921, a book of poems called Nets to Catch the Wind. After Black Armour, more poetry, she poured into a mold of prose the fluent and shining metal of her talent for metaphor. Jennifer Lorn was her first novel; The Orphan Angel and The Venetian Glass Nephew its successors. Author Wylie, her publishers announce with a show of pride, spent less than three months in writing her latest novel. This is an admission less damaging than it appears...
...like to play to college audiences," she declared, changing her subject. "They are much quicker to catch on, and an appreciative audience is easier to play to. I can tell in the first three minutes I am on the stage just how responsive the audience is, not by the applause, but by the little ripples of amusement...
Fifty-odd manufacturers are advertising planes for sale. Many of them are still in the experimental stage, but 21 types of airplanes have been officially approved by the Department of Commerce in Washington. Companies barely struggling along last year are this year struggling to catch up on orders...
...obtuse, but I must say I fail to catch the meaning of the title under Senator Walsh's picture this week (TIME, March 12). You say he is "Mrs. Harriman's helper" when the article alongside says that Mrs. Harriman helped him. Please explain...
...whistle the Seniors though long in the water and powerful in the pull through showed a dangerous tendency of shooting the tail which caused a noticeable check. The Junior Crew, likewise weak at the start, were a trifle slow in the catch and sloppy on the slide. Meanwhile, the Sophomores were hampered by a crab at No. 7 which caused a slight panic. Crabs at Nos. 5 and 6 entered the boat later on in the race. Ragged as was the start the boats tore through the water. The crowd roared advice from the shore but the cox after several...