Word: clue
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Capt. Leopold Ziegenbein of the new, speedy German liner Bremen, was perturbed as he bustled his third shipload of passengers across the Atlantic, bound for New York. Some thief was stealing jewelry from the passengers' cabins; $25,000 worth was missing without a clue. With 600 stewards aboard, most of whom were as yet unknown to the officers, it looked like a hopeless case. Capt. Ziegenbein assembled 50 stewards whom the officers did know by sight, formed a ''vigilance committee." Before the Bremen docked, all the jewelry was recovered from the clutches of one Hans Barklage, a shrewd thief...
...Although the author intended to remain anonymous," said a government official secretary, "the book is so intimate that his identity could easily be detected." With only this for a clue, editors busily listed all the King's personal friends who might have written such a book; thoughtfully checked and rechecked the list...
...type, shape and motor of planes give a clue to their flying identity. Here are some from-the-ground descriptions...
...clue to the previous relations of Mr. Loeb and Miss Stoner was a photograph of Mr. Loeb which remained hanging, last week, above the bed of Miss Stoner...
...Careful Greeterism has lately turned, like others of the world's great artistic movements, to classicism for its inspiration. I think it was Nennius who said. So act that each greeting, broadly implied, will never give a clue to your own true feeling...