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Word: eye (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years went by, and the mother in Cambridge continued to be freer, more adventurous than her daughter in New Haven, and--in Santayana's phrase--to have "a single eye for the truth." Perhaps if Yale had lacked proper respect, she might have lifted her unyielding nose and branded the parent a hussy. The year 1858 underlined the differences in attitude, when six Harvard athletes picked the color which for them represented the tone of their alma mater. The occasion was the Boston City Regatta, at which Harvard deemed it necessary to have some distinctive mark. So the boat club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON HANDKERCHIEFS | 11/18/1938 | See Source »

Jittery as a terrier, he cannot sit still, swivels between two desks, hops up to flip some papers, peers through a cloud of smoke with his one good eye (he has been blind in his right eye since birth). Likable and expansive, he talks incessantly, wrinkles his nose when amused, which is often. Though his job is listening to the public, he is a poor listener personally. Visitors have a hard time getting a word in edgewise but rarely mind because the Weaver conversation is equipped not only with a store of fresh ideas but with an incredible volume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOTORS: Thought-Starter | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Mercury, the Fords' newcomer, has 116-in. wheelbase, a crested, prow-cut hood front, with low, horizontal grille work, bird's-eye headlights in the fender fronts, a V8, 95-h. p. motor. Price: $934 Gadget: pinpoint pilot light for the ignition keyhole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four-Wheel Debutantes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Nash offers 22 models in its four series of sixes and eights at prices ranging from $840 to $1,235. Ruggedly streamlined, Nash features for 1939 its "Weather Eye," a dash control which tunes in interior air-conditioning like a radio; its sedan interior which makes up into two bunks for roadside snoozing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four-Wheel Debutantes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...Burnett, Macdonald's understudy who played most of the second half when Torb retired with his biffed eye, rang up Harlow's fifth touchdown on a very fine 50-yard run. By this time the team's blocking had taken a definite brace. After Green had intercepted an enemy pass and Virginia got a 15-yard roughness penalty for flagrant piling on top of Gardella, Harvard pushed over its final marks, with Smith, who relieved Gardella, going over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football--- | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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