Word: hollowness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only leader of modern China who has inherited his authority is the well-meaning, hollow-eyed young man known throughout China as "The Young Mar-shal," Chang Hsueh-liang. He is the deposed warlord of Manchuria and, until last week, ruler of Peiping and the surrounding province. Last week destiny caught up with him and with the rest of China. Chang Hsueh-liang is the son of Chang Tso-lin, one of the most picturesque Chinese characters to emerge since the death of that grand old lady, the Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi. Chang Tso-lin was a bandit who made...
...circle around Sarazen and his ball. Perkins tried to look over the heads in front of him but he could not do it. Standing on tiptoe, peering through his steel spectacles, he could just see the top of Sarazen's head, bent over the ball. Then he heard a hollow gobble as the ball went into...
Christ keep the Hollow Land...
...hollow [of the beach] a great wave left stranded what appeared to be countless scintillating particles of silver . . . Some appeared to be standing on their tails, swaying vibrantly back & forth. Then on beyond we made out another great school. ... For perhaps eight or ten minutes this abundant run continued and then, as though a mysterious knell had summoned them back into the depths of the sea, the fish became fewer & fewer on the sand...
...Emperor Justinian I (483-565) induced two Persian monks to steal some silk worm eggs from China. They were transported to Constantinople in hollow canes, laid the foundation for silk-growing in Europe...