Word: length
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Withdraw aid gradually, let child realize he is doing it himself. (Mother soft-pedaled her urgings, beamed confidently. At length, in his own good time, Junior laughed, seized the cup, drained...
...twelve he entered the Birmingham School of Art, was soon hailed as "a young Botticelli," won prize after prize there and at the Royal Academy Schools in London. A smooth success from his first one-man show in 1915, Limner Brockhurst charges up to ?2,000 for a full-length portrait, limits his commissions to ?20,000 a year. His person is as meticulous as his painting. He has a horror of Bohemianism, would rather stain his Bond Street suits with paint than cover them up with a smock. A famed impersonator, he is seldom asked nowadays for his best...
Mark Twain once took the trouble to dig out and proclaim at length (in Life on the Mississippi) some comparative figures on America's age. Without whooping it up as Mark did, Historians Commager & Nevins are equally concerned to demonstrate the long, rich past which Americans seldom realize. Collected in this book are about 1,130 pages of documents, from the Journal of Christopher Columbus to Charles Lindbergh's We, which make up a history told by the historical. Samples...
...Halpern scored Dudley's lone touchdown after the Commuters had carried the ball half the length of the field. John Santosnomo made the point, carrying the ball over the line after an attempted place kick had been blocked by the Dunster line...
...strategy. Instead of playing up Dartmouth's prodigious strength as of past years, this fall's epistles from Hanover contain tear-jerking reports of pear material and a light and inexperienced squad. However, it's the same prolific Whitey. His articles may lack optimism, but their frequency, length, and intensity remain...