Word: glared
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Five years ago Cartoonist Low complained that he did not have an opportunity to do justice to ''the vulture glare in Mr. Neville Chamberlain's eye." Since that time Mr. Chamberlain has become Prime Minister, and it is hard to see how he could have undertaken policies more offensive to David Low than those he has followed. How offended Low has been was revealed last week when copies of his latest book of cartoons- reached the U. S. from London. A collection of 146 drawings chosen from his contributions to the London Evening Standard, the book contained...
...nations of the world would join together and sing Hallelujah?" These words were practically a revelation to Lyricist Cook. He too, like Bandleader Lopez, had long brooded over the U. S. National Anthem's imperfections, particularly deprecated such sworded sentiments as "the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air." For several months he hammered away at a peaceful-plowshare version. Last fortnight he published it. The revised text...
...Denegal Steele, 30, Harvard-educated Negro settlement worker; and Mary Bradley Dawes, 30, Boston University-educated white school teacher; in Manhattan. When their engagement became known last month, both lost their jobs. When their marriage became known last week, they separated, postponed their wedding trip because of "the sudden glare of publicity...
...report recommended a minimum of 15 foot-candles for classrooms and offices, and a photoelectric control to turn on lights when illumination falls below the minimum. Because glare is as harmful as dimness, it also advised that glossy finish on furniture and glass tops on tables be eliminated, that pictures be varnished instead of glassed, that desks be shaded from the sun, that indirect lighting be used...
Batting drill was the order of the day, with the Mitchellmen experiencing considerable difficulty in meeting the ball under the unaccustomed glare...