Word: chins
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...with distinction in the Army and attained that rank; General, because he is Assistant Postmaster General, in charge of the Air Mail; and to such officials Washington tradition always grants the courtesy rank. Still young, though his forehead has climbed very high, with clear blue eyes and a square chin, Colonel-General Henderson has shown remarkable executive ability in developing the Air Mail service. And he is able, too, to stir up public interest in the work of his department. The microphone has no terrors for him. Broad casting under the auspices of the Aeronautics Department of New York...
Most of the stories are about Killdee, his wife, Rose, and Missie, the little changeling with the pointed chin, the curving lips, the delicate bluish bloom on black cheeks, who came to stay with them. The blacks live so near the earth their roots go down into it like the roots of trees. Mrs. Peterkin understands these twisted roots, their fumbling, struggling, grappling, and the secret chemistries that work in them? sorrow and wonder, sweetness and regret, life and love and death...
...Nations. Previous to that appointment he was employed in a number of important posts in the British Foreign Office. Sir Eric is 48 years of age, a half brother of and heir presumptive to the 15th Earl of Perth. He is of medium height and size. Above his dimpled chin are a pair of sparkling blue eyes and a small mustache. There is nothing about him to make him distinguished and it has been written of him that he would never be noticed in a crowd. A year ago in Geneva, he was often to be seen driving about...
...Nose. ?Chin...
...Lyman Wilbur, President of Leland Stanford University, (retiring) President of the American Medical Association and brother of Curtis D. Wilbur (Secretary of the Navy): "To a reporter for The New York World I verified a report that I can put my right hand over my left shoulder under my chin and touch my right ear. Next day the World announced that several people-including two members of its own staff-could do similar tricks with their arms and ears." Pancho Villa, flyweight pugilistic champion of the world: "In Manhattan I was served with papers in a $50,000 suit...