Word: flashes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Kerensky is a moody man; he broods and broods for hours on end, "with his yellow-green eyes half closed." Then, suddenly, something snaps within him, "an enthusiasm stirs his deep spiritual organism," his face changes, his forehead "grows higher and broader," the yellow-green eyes flash-the man speaks. Once Kerensky spoke for twelve hours without stopping. Senor Ibañéz, after seeing him, thought he could speak for 24 hours and not be in the least affected. Said he: "The Russian has a mouth like a codfish . . . and a voice like a cross between a megaphone...
...carriage entered the courtyard of the Palace, the Garde Repub-licaine presented arms, bugles sounded, and as the carriage came to a stop, there was a scurry of gorgeously uniformed officials, a flash of red carpet, bows, salutes, handshakes...
...flash of red carpet, bows, salutes, handshakes...
...Hanoverians last few tussles, Coach Tuck will not start Captain Hall, but instead will alternate him throughout the game with Lyon, another Green flash, while Manser and Everett will relieve Sheehy and Sly. With the exception of Manser, Everett, and a third sub, who are Sophomores, the entire New Hampshire squad is composed of Seniors...
With every apparent qualification for a consistent winner, the Yale five has been erratic all season. It has run the whole gamut from brilliance to mediocrity. In defeating Cornell, the league leaders, it showed a flash of its best form...