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Word: grinning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...young man's vest. Mr. Arlen was annoyed. I explained to him that we had looked for checked vests and pink shirts and, instead, found a neatly tailored quiet suit of blue. We had thought, perhaps, to encounter a haughty stare, and found, instead, a pleasant and somewhat puzzled grin. "I can wear pink shirts if I must!" said Mr. Arlen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Arlen | 3/30/1925 | See Source »

...finally coaxed it to life, and made for the ominous cake of ice. He circled around it, gazing intently for several minutes, while those on the float held their breath. Finally he headed for the boat house. The spectators stood on tiptoe. As the boat drew hearer, a wide grin could be seen stretching Charlie's mouth from ear to ear, "Boss", he shouted, with a loud guffaw, "that ain't no body. That's a heap of ashes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORPSE ON ICE-CAKE GIVES SCARE TO ROWING COACHES | 2/20/1925 | See Source »

...closed, New York (probably fearing the vote of the nine million taxi-drivers in the widely known metropolis) stayed silent. Accordingly Mabel Normand opened in The Extra Girl. It turned out to be a feminine edition of Merton and guaranteed harmless. The scandal-starved hundreds can gaze, gape and grin at Miss Normand to their hearts' content and bring their children. For those who align themselves with this department in Considering screen Mabel an exceptionally comic personality, the picture will appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 28, 1924 | 1/28/1924 | See Source »

...there. On several occasions I have seen a German walk down the streets of Cologne, with his head in the air, scornfully oblivious of a group of poilus standing in his way. Collision was inevitable, and in every case, I saw the poilus draw aside with a grin to let the German pass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRAISES FRENCH CONDUCT IN OCCUPIEDS TERRITORY | 11/13/1923 | See Source »

...work at the point of the bayonet, for the skilled workmen are slipping back to the land, where they can find a living, at any rate. Lenin has intervened, enjoining them to work, not for the zest of it, but for the triumph of their Soviet system. "Grin and bear it" is the suggested refrain of his hopeless hymn, which anticipates the coming of the night when there will be no more work because there will be no money to pay the workers. "They cannot live without pay", cries. Lenin, "and until the industrial machine gets properly running again there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 9/25/1922 | See Source »

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