Word: feet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...whole 45 million marks annual increase demanded by "mon cher M. Snowden" supposed to come out of the share in Reparations alloted to France (amounting to 54% of the total) ? Instantly, an actor taking his cue, the Governor of the Bank of France, potent Emile Moreau, was on his feet. With flashing eyes he cried, "If the whole of this burden is placed on France, I will withdraw my signature as an original signer of the Young Plan...
...Rigby Swift of the King's Bench Division of the High Court. Finally the Prime Minister declared that in case of proven need the Government would grant a "temporary accommodation" (presumably a Treasury subsidy) to keep wages at the old level while the industry is getting on its feet...
...Hillsdale, Mich., one A. N. Thorpe working on his house, found between two walls a solid honeycomb, six feet high, three feet thick...
Came a braying of bugles, the pad of running feet. Rifles banged and flashed, bullets bored the air. Ragged government troops and excited revolutionists darted through streets and round corners, stooping, firing, running. On the bridge of the Falke stood Capt. Tipplitt, just appointed "First Admiral of the Revolutionary Government of Venezuela." Waving an automatic pistol he forced the third officer of the Falke and a lifeboat crew to row ashore with more guns, more ammunition. On the beach the third officer was killed. Killed too was General Chalbaud, leader of the rebels, and General Emilio Fernandez, defender of Cumana...
Timid Man. His feet, knees, elbows and wrists are turned in. While his hand is turned out, his thumb is covered by his fingers. Often timidity is betrayed by a curled little finger. His chest is low, his head on an angle, his chin raised...