Word: clicks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cold snap in the air may have been partially responsible, but whatever the cause, the Crimson offensive machinery seemed to click much more efficiently yesterday than it did on Saturday. Evidence of Monday's play-polishing session could be seen in the better timing of plays...
...civilian aviator, the German Chancellor and the Prussian Premier did not go to Berlin to greet him, remained on rustic vacation in south Germany. They did announce that "in principle" they would receive the Colonel whenever he is in their vicinity, did send their personal aides to escort him, click heels and kiss Mrs. Lindbergh's hand...
...mirthful experiment in indoor reverberation and a comical discourse on abnormal psychology, debunking the almost proverbial specialist from Vienna. And, as a final endearing gesture, Mr. Cooper takes a crack at the money-changers, and dabbles in amateur Communism. And every bit of this widespread appeal manages to click...
...salesman. Few of them spoke English. The difference in tongues did not confuse them in the least. They had met, not to talk, but to play billiards for the world's amateur three-cushion championship, being held for the first time in the U. S. The soft, agreeable click of ivory balls was one language with which all eight were thoroughly familiar...
...President Roosevelt felt about Harris & Ewing's feat was revealed last week when his Press contact man, Assistant Secretary "Steve" Early, issued an order that hereafter all White House photographs of the President must be made by cameras on tripods, that all shutters and bulbs must click and flash in unison and not until the President is posed. That edict marked the last step in President Roosevelt's recent retreat under a barrage of press photography...