Word: greyed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nablus a detachment of native policemen and soldiers, led by British Assistant District Commissioner W. Foote, moved off into the hills of northern Palestine. Their destination was the tiny Arab village of Mazar. With the squad moved armored cars. As they crept up on the village in the grey morning light, two British planes droned overhead. The Arabs scrambled from their houses to find their village surrounded...
...tremendous pace, with great intensity and energy. He is still like a young man full of dreams and hopes." He stands erect as a general, his ivory- colored dome rising from strong heavily-built shoulders; he still clothes himself with meticulous care, favors a double-breasted blue or grey lounge suit, a broad-brimmed felt hat; he wears specially built, handmade German shoes; on his numerous walks he stalks through the country swinging a heavy stick. And 72 or not, like all true Finns he takes his sauna (Finnish steam bath) once a week in the bathhouse that stands...
...about 15 years Mr. Widener has been administrator of Philadelphia's Wil-stach Fund, income from which must be used to buy paintings for the city's Pennsylvania Museum of Art. With the seven-year accrual of $160,000 in his drawing account and his usual pearl-grey fedora on his head, Turfman Widener set out for Europe last year to scout for bargains. "I am not sympathetic with modern art," said Mr. Widener blandly. "What I think we should do is acquire the classics-those paintings which have lived through the centuries." Uppermost in Mr. Widener...
...book that would do justice to his lush Bohemian personality and his stature as a composer. Author Thompson, music critic of the New York Sun, paints an intimate picture. Debussy not only resembled a cat; he lived with live cats and collected porcelain cats. His living cats were always grey angoras, always named Line. His women were less uniform. To him the four most important were Mme Vasnier, wife of an aging friend, who brought him from adolescence to manhood; green-eyed Gabrielle Dupont, who lived with him while he worked on his opera, Pelleas et Melisande; Rosalie Texier (Wife...
...Holder of the 18.1 balk line* championship almost continuously since 1906 has been stumpy, grey-haired Willie Hoppe. Last week in a curtained enclosure in Manhattan's noisy Capitol Bowling and Billiard Academy, Champion Hoppe defended his title against the challenge of Jake Schaefer, sharp-nosed champion at 18.2 balk line.* For their 3,000-point match. Champion Schaefer unfortunately turned up tremendously off form. On the third day, Champion Hoppe clicked off a run of 169, two nights later two runs of 85 and 94. The best Champion Schaefer could run was 137. Champion Hoppe retained his championship...