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Word: clink (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Patriot (Emil Jannings): a crazy Tsar trusts Lewis Stone. Lonesome (Glenn Tryon): Two bathhouse keys clink on the beach. The Docks of New York (George Bancroft): Night-life of a stoker. The Night Watch (Billie Dove): Murder on a French battleship told in retakes from the trial. The Singing Fool (Jolson): Eight mammy-songs. The Air Circus: Planes on the Vitaphone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citations | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

Reporting for football is the first act of the Freshman class. The Freshman eleven, facing Andover in its opening game, is the first official contribution of the entering class to the University. In the long run this contribution will be little more then the clink of a coin in a bucket. But there is a gain from in giving, and if the gift is small, the gain may be great...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN FOOTBALL | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...That is all. Filmed in Germany, directed by Robert Land, it lasts almost an hour and is well worth looking at. The characters are so capably cast, the acting is so good that one's eyes seem to hear real voices, the click of heels in corridors, the clink of beer mugs, the faint scratch of a pen. These German actors have a serious, slow, almost stubborn way of performing which is utterly convincing. The shooting of the scenes from striking angles, the sudden change of-tempo and the superb lighting effects make Primanerliebe another reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 26, 1928 | 3/26/1928 | See Source »

...like size preserves the geniality of a football crowd, immediately let out of the stadium. Surprisingly enough there is comparatively little boisterousness. There is a composure which is almost marked enough to be termed bovine; there is content. The tramp of tens of thousands of shuffling feet, the clink of colas in the Salvation Army blanket, the dolorous wheeze of the organ man, the shouts of the game extras, the smell of popcorn and frankfurters--these are what the artist designates as local color. And the fact that the scene passes, not to be viewed again until another autumn makes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BIG PARADE | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

...ball traveled 275 yards down the middle of the fairway. Iron smote rubber-and Armour's ball made a 180-yard parabola to the green, 15 feet from the cup. For four minutes Armour studied his putt. Then, there was a tap, a roll and a clink. Armour had made 301. Next day, in the play-off of the tie, Armour again came from behind to complete the round in 76, while Cooper slashed for a 79. A spectator's body prevented one of Armour's mashie shots from going into some rock-ribbed tall grass. Open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Armour v. Cooper | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

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