Word: dimming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Westbound Pan American Clipper passengers over the Pacific look down on Guam with relief. Its rocky bluffs rise over the water; 30 miles to the south, dim Mount Sasalaguan looms; its peaceful, prosperous villages, policed by the Marine Corps, make it a spectacularly successful example of U. S. colonization. At this time of year the rainy season is ending; travelers take their ease on the long porch of the Pan American Hotel, overlooking the harbor...
...super-rationalistic school-teacher involve themselves in endless, fantastic arguments. A two-for-a-nickel marquis, complete with gloves and plus-fours, drops into town now and then from his chateau, to have a quick one with the boys at the "Club." There are also plenty of village dim-wits, who won't speak to one another because their parents and grandparents wouldn't either, because their parents disagreed about the shade trees in the back yard. Even the popular conception of French love-making gets its turn when the backer's wife and a handsome young shepherd start warming...
...dim-descended, black, divine-sould'd African, large, fine-headed, nobly form'd, superbly destin'd, on equal terms with...
...ancient Harvard institution is the Raymor ballroom. Here you can dance with anyone you want--girls go stag--and the dim lights make it a sporting proposition. Harvard boys are disliked by much of Raymor's clientele, because of their condescending "lets go slumming" attitude. A nice car usually fixes that. Beware of the Roseland State, another dance hall--you're apt to find yourself at old-timers' night...
...dribbled, ate, vomited, and ate again; no sickness, still less any discomfort could diminish his voracity. The panther lay huddled in a corner of her cage, with staring fur and a look of mystery in her eyes. . . . Can the sufferings of animals reveal what is going on in their dim souls...