Word: eye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor Fisher. . . ."-Senator John K. Shields of Tennessee. " He attributed to Warren G. Harding utterances destitute of courage and sincerity. . . . "He did not venture to make his attack during the lifetime of Presirent Harding. Neither did he hasten to do so immediately upon his death. Fixing a finely academic eye upon the calendar, he bided his time until the 30 days of mourning had elapsed. . . . . The flags were raised to full mast once more on September 2, and on that very day Professor Fisher's tongue was loosened."- New York Tribune. Professor Fisher, at whose expense these remarks were...
...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: HOLIDAY - Waldo Frank - Boni ($2.00). The Negro problem again attacked in fiction, this time from an extremely modern and expressionistic angle. Virginia Hade, haughty Southern beauty, meets John Cloud, young, intelligent Negro, in the woods. They find each other sympathetic. Virginia's family and the other white people of the town misunderstand and set out to lynch Cloud. Virginia might have saved Cloud if she had tried, but she feels too indifferent-nothing seems to matter much any more...
...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion...
...Corbett. Dempsey faces him with startling speed, uncanny skill and a jab in either hand that bites like a hatchet. He is probably not the fighter of four years ago that launched Willard into a pugilistic eternity from which he recently endeavored to return. His timing and his eye have dulled a trifle...
...case of war. Adopting offensive tactics, the bombers would swoop down upon some military objective such as a railhead or bridge and simulate their destruction. Had bombs of 2,000, 1,000 and 600 pounds been dropped over New Jersey a terrible scene of destruction would have met the eye. The coast line was closely followed, giving Atlantic City, New York, Boston an impressive sight. The East Coast was theoretically laid waste from...