Word: greenly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...flames and scintillating ice. Serious, studious, book-writing, sketch-drawing Helen Wills seemed, in her stiff, skeletonized cap merely efficient. Señorita de Alvarez came out onto the court in .a brilliant red sweater and turban, took off the sweater, changed the scarlet turban to one of bottle green. If she won the match the world would have another Suzanne Lenglen, tempestuous, temperamental, a little spoiled, quite regal...
...Germany, cameras clicked at the cause of a greyish-green hue covering the landscape, recorded huge spots on the portion of the sun remaining visible from that angle...
...disc of the moon. When the sun is in this condition, its pearl-white corona is visible, with vivid scarlet flames streaming from it. The corona was once thought to be only reflected sunlight, but modern observers know it has gaseous structure; contains an unknown element which gives a green ray in the spectroscope. This element is called "coronium" for convenience...
...little later I got tired of the paint and put on green wall paper. Those birds have flown away for good, I guess...
...last (457-yard) hole to find that he needed a birdie 3 to tie Cooper. Wood smote rubber-and Armour's ball traveled 275 yards down the middle of the fairway. Iron smote rubber-and Armour's ball made a 180-yard parabola to the green, 15 feet from the cup. For four minutes Armour studied his putt. Then, there was a tap, a roll and a clink. Armour had made 301. Next day, in the play-off of the tie, Armour again came from behind to complete the round in 76, while Cooper slashed...