Word: eye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion...
...Freshman passing game snowed marked improvement despite the absence of Eaton, regular left forward, who had an examination. Leekley did his best work of the season both offensively and defensively. He had an unerring eye for the basket and his floor-game was very effective. Eby, with four goals, was runner-up for scoring honors...
...perfectly--so the damage will be irreparable. Walters will hide their faces, and what will be much worse, their stores of liquors, whenever a "college boy" heaves in sight; proprietors will see that he is conducted to the farther-most table in the most dismal corner; and patrons will eye him askance with that contemptuous respect ordinarily reserved for enforcers...
...windmill-revolving, waving, swinging, slugging. Wilson has heavier hammers in his hands but he could not hit the windmill on the head. For several rounds he battered Greb's body. Shifting his attack to points higher up, he lost his aim. Meanwhile the champion drew blood from ear, eye, mouth. Increasing vehemence in the closing rounds won for Greb a smartly merited decision...
...acquisition of academic knowledge has not this pecuniary asset--at least, there is no direct connection between a cultural background and better bookkeeping, for example, so far as the popular eye can see. The stimulus, therefore, will probably be absent, and the diffusion of cultural education "to all members of society" may be much slower than expected. Certainly, the more such knowledge can be spread, the better; and if an aristocracy of brains can be succeeded by a democracy with the same level of mental attainment, the millenium will be near...