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Word: eyed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gains were not very material, but they were impressive enough to discountenance any suggestions of face-saving. For the present, we can thank God and Governor Murphy. As for the future, the new technique and the measurable success attending it use should cause the public to cast a suspicious eye on the budding of further strike developments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPPORTUNISM DE LUXE | 2/13/1937 | See Source »

Rustum is bracing his feet in the sirups, holding his bow at arm's length and his fingers taut, as he watches the fight of his shaft. Isfandiyar, pierced in the eye, is sinking forward, clutching at saddle and mane. But both faces are wholly impassive; no movement of the features was necessary to the Persian mind. None was thought worthy of the dignity of painting. The-flowery meadown is merely suggested; trees, rocks and clouds are formal conventions. But the cosmic aspect of the tragedy is announced by a great burst of organge fight in the darkness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

...even such a hair-breadth distinction as this was not too small to be split by the hawk-eye wielder of the hammer at the Maintenance building. About a week age a brand new feel-proof device appeared at tached to the door. A package could get in, but an arm couldn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: He Bit His Nails, Pounded His Nails But Couldn't Control the U. S. Mails | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

Under the appraising eye of Coach Tom Boiles, a continuous procession of eights kept Newel tank churned yesterday afternoon in the first session of a long crew campaign, a campaign that consists of an almost unbroken series of daily workouts stretching from the end of midyears until the final sprint at New London...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREW CAMPAIGN BEGINS UNDER BOLLES REGIME AS TANK WATERS CHURN | 2/9/1937 | See Source »

...Harrison that when the week ended he had little to show for the meeting except a date for another (Feb. 8). Said he with a chuckle: "We never used to get anything-but now, with a sympathetic Congress. . . ." To that John Pelley's reply is to cast an eye toward the White House and observe with a smile of his own: "The boys have been pretty good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: All Aboard! | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

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