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Word: eyeful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Early in the first half Gray's eye came into violent contact with a Columbian's head during a scrimmage; and yesterday the results of this crash were clearly evident in the beautiful shiner the Harvard leader was carrying around with him. During that game it was more than just a black eye; he got a nasty cut as well. The Lions were not rid of him, however, for he was back in there after a couple of minutes and went driving in again and again through the Columbia defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/11/1937 | See Source »

...only with difficulty adapted to the role of Empress. Douglas Fair-banks, Jr. and Flora Robson, the famous English stage actress, give excellent support in the roles of Czar and the dying Empress from whose once capable hands Catherine II has to take the reins of government. The English eye for details is less keen than that of Hollywood and the pomp and pageantry which abound lack the conviction which recent domestic historical films have attained. In spite of these defects the film is well worth seeing if one has not viewed it before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/11/1937 | See Source »

Here Gray was wounded in the eye, and then Columbia went out in front not to be headed again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLUMBIA FLOORS CRIMSON QUINTET 38-25 IN GOTHAM | 3/10/1937 | See Source »

...strategy" which would win much sympathy for the Plan. Dr. Townsend denied this. The jury found him guilty of contempt of the House, penalty for which is $100 to $1,000 fine, one to twelve months in jail, or both. Thus assured of a brief twilight in the public eye, the onetime oldsters' Messiah complacently observed: "This publicity will accelerate my Movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Contempt | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

Superintendents. Although exhibitors may help pay the bills, superintendents value their convention as one time in the year when they are free to speak up without cocking a cautious eye at their school boards. Atlanta's Superintendent Willis A. Sutton complained: "The problem of continuing a progressive program, and at the same time being able to continue in office, constitutes one of the gravest dangers to a Superintendent of Schools. The displacement of men in high positions at the strategic centres of our country has been the shame of education in the past decade." Superintendent Sutton had to mention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Safe & Secure | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

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