Word: eye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ladies and gentlemen there are here who play golf. [Laughter.] Just a few, I see. There are two principles which are constantly dinned into the ear of the goiter which I would apply to Mr. Secretary Hughes' proposal now. The first is, follow through. The second is, keep your eye on the ball. It might get lost. You are playing in rough country, full of bankers, part of it a wilderness. There are some who might try and get the ball into the rough and once it is there they might even substitute another. Follow through. Keep your eye...
Then there is the old, old story of how Mr. George invited M. Briand to play golf at Cannes, France; how he told the latter gentleman to keep " his eye on the ball," advice which M. Briand followed. His Chamber of Deputies thought that M. Briand ought to have kept his eye on politics; M. Briand was ousted...
Runnin' Wild. This latest sample from Negroland has all the characteristics of an explosion. It is shattering to the ear, elusive to the eye and utterly devastating to the theories of musical comedy. The scenery, the costumes, the situations are all persevering primitives. The plot is a frankly threadbare clothesline on which to pin the songs and dances. The voices are powerful but rather inclined to bolt and run away among the gallery rafters. But even rags for costumes, a popular song for a plot, and a phonograph for music would be overlooked in view of the dancing...
...willing to see the mote in his own eye? What of the American newspapers? Upton Sinclair, of course, is ready with an answer in "The Brass Check", but perhaps it is pardonable to accept his word as contributory not final judgement. Mr. King has declared that the American press is efficient and free from bias. Of the former there can be no doubt; time and again the great newspapers of the country have astonished the American family at the breakfast table by their marvelious exploits. But it is hard to believe that the latter claim is quite true. "In America...
...following estimates of books' much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion...