Word: height
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Secretary General of the League of Nations. Previous to that appointment he was employed in a number of important posts in the British Foreign Office. Sir Eric is 48 years of age, a half brother of and heir presumptive to the 15th Earl of Perth. He is of medium height and size. Above his dimpled chin are a pair of sparkling blue eyes and a small mustache. There is nothing about him to make him distinguished and it has been written of him that he would never be noticed in a crowd. A year ago in Geneva, he was often...
...Usually in stories that I have seen written by fighters, they have begun by saying something like this: I'll win sure. I'll knock this fellow out in a round'. . . . This strikes me as the height of folly. I have to laugh every time I read one of those raves. "I NEVER PREDICT...
...court, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0. Stored in Johnston's spidery, shrunken little frame was a force that utterly amazed the galleries. "Big Bill" was seriously extended and outgeneraled by Richards during four smashing sets. In the fifth he drew himself up to his full tennis height, rallied stoutly, squelched the last but one obstacle to a fifth consecutive title. In the finals, Big Bill removed this last obstacle, game though it was, in straight sets; 6-1, 9-7, 6-2. Little Bill struggled valiantly-to no avail...
...dense crowd of swarthy Italians, had come to swear undying fealty to Benito. With strong, rasping voices, the people called for him to appear. Tardy in obeying the wishes of the plebs, "caro Benit" drove the assembled populace into a frenzy. Drawing themselves up to their full height, the units of the crowds made a noise that would have shamed the efforts of a herd of wounded bulls. Benito, unable to resist, dashed onto the balcony. Hats were thrown into the air, 50,000 gullets vibrated with applauding shouts, 100,000 hands gesticulated rapturous admiration, enthusiasm and loyalty. Said Benito...
Darrow has been frequently characterized in the press as "a great stage artist, a greater artist than lawyer." One M. L. Edgar, in the St. Louis Mirror, has described his personal appearance thus : "Of more than average height, a frame that ambles along carelessly, with toes kicked up in process of walking-movements that range from slowness of contemplation to mercurial quickness of sudden resolution-on broad shoulders, a round head, marked by an oppressively full brow which overarches the face like a crag-eyes, of gooseberry size and color, which roam restlessly or assume a fixed expression...