Word: eye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Finally, and most important, a useful monument is an insult to the memory of the dead. Even a chapel would be a useful monument, on the door of which posterity might well read, "Dedicated with One Eye on the Memory of the Harvard Dead, and other on the Seating Requirements of the Harvard Living." Such a memorial would lose its sacred majesty amid the laughter of men who no longer believe in the pragmatic philosophy, "It's good if it works...
Princeton, N. J., May 27.--Howard, the Crimson shortstop who was injured in the eye by a batted ball here last week, is resting comfortably at the Infirmary and is reported to be rapidly on the mend. He has improved greatly since he was hurt, and is expected to return to Cambridge today...
...Hudson yesterday was interesting, but technically at least, it did not conform to any real definition of a race. Mr. Wood and his two motor speed boats were out to make their own schedule, while the train had to conform to a definite time-table, designed with an eye to safety as well as speed. By scorching down the river and then comparing his time with that of the Century, Mr. Wood could have run the race just as effectively, but there would have been no newspaper headlines, no airplanes, and no broadcasting of the event...
...Winsted, Conn., famed as a home of strange events, one Charles Alling beheld a large crane caught by the foot in a wire fence, went to save the pitiable fowl. The crane drove his beak into Alling's left eye, ", permanently blinded...
Among his findings Professor Chaffee has noted that frequently oscillations of remarkable regularly are observed in the response of the eye. These oscillations are undoubtedly associated with the separate responses of the nerves. The shape of the oscillations depend on the intensity of light and also upon the color of light. It is believed that further study of these oscillations may lead to a better understanding of color vision...