Word: eyesight
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...includes the stupid Lycosa, which, when deprived of her cocoon containing young, will accept a cork ball of the same shape and fondle it tenderly. There is also the jumping spider, which stalks her prey like a cat, and pounces when in range. The jumping spider has the best eyesight of all arachnids, with four of her eight eyes on the flattened front of her head...
Harvard men have always considered it a high honor to serve the University and have held onto their life-time positions. Since 1900 only 25 men have held the seven positions on the Corporation. Henry Pickering Walcott '58 served as a Fellow for 37 years until 1927, when failing eyesight forced him to retire...
...trains without tickets, forge signatures, commit abortion or arson. The disciples also promised not to adulterate milk with water, or flour with powdered stone, and "not to tell a lie to marry off one's daughters . . . for example, not to tell about a blind girl that she has eyesight...
...spent three years in the service, a year as a Marine pilot instructor at Pensacola. A Navy doctor found that he had the eyesight of one man in thousands. It pays off handsomely at the plate, though Williams himself thinks his eyesight is not the secret of his success. The ability to stand up to a fast, close pitch without flinching comes first, according to Ted, and eyesight is next. The third most important factor, Ted thinks, is "power, and the power is all here, in the wrist and forearm. Timing comes last. If you have the power...
...Some of Them Words." That was in wartime 1942. The next day Alderman Douglas, the man who had been rejected by the Army for poor eyesight in World War I, enlisted as a 50-year-old private in the Marines. He had pulled enough wires with Navy Secretary Frank Knox to get a whole satchelful of waivers. He set off for boot camp at Parris Island...