Word: haggard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...queer but clear. He displayed also a serene Breton landscape, a lovely canvas which could cause no retching among the most conservative. Forain's aphrodisiac The Charleston showed two vibrant white dancers, several paunchy satyr-spectators, was a triumph of contemporary comment. Picasso's The Mother, a suggestion of haggard peasantry, was as successful in another field. There were gusty, sulphurous landscapes by de Vlaminck, fanciful figures in delicately modulated colors by Eugene Zak. The net effect was one of diversified, eclectic appeal. There was much to please, in many manners...
...haggard jury said GUILTY after 24 hours of bickering. Justice Arthur Sidney Tompkins gave the maximum penalty. Many were shocked. It appeared that conspiracy to defraud the city, when millions were involved, was simply a misdemeanor. Mr. Connolly was sentenced to a year in jail, a fine of $500. Criminally he had attained no greater stature than a subway spitter...
They left Honolulu. Their radio worked beautifully. It sent a babble of reports every few minutes, and the world knew that they were fighting clouds, wind and storm for more than 30 hours. They grew haggard. Suva waited. They saw Suva. Then with engines roaring but little louder than the crowd, they landed, their longest overwater flight accomplished, their gasoline almost gone...
...world's indoor mile record. Last month when he finished third in the Boston marathon (TIME, April 30) his first long distance race, his shoes had to be cut away from his swollen and bleeding feet. Clarence DeMar won at Boston. Ray finished with glazed eyes, a haggard face. At Long Beach, DeMar finishing seventh, was haggard, Ray happy. He kissed his hand to the Mayor as he crossed the finish line. "See those feet" he said in the locker room, crinkling his toes, "no blisters on them, eh boy? No sir. I feel as smooth as silk...
...attending the Madison Square Show to fail to observe the magnificent setting; almost faultless management; unprecedented attendance; the wonderful collection of highly bred, superbly conditioned and groomed animals enthusiastically handled, in many instances, by some of America's most representative men and women who cannot be fittingly termed "haggard, dirty or inarticulate...