Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...went to investigate. Popping with excitement, he ran back into the living room to report that he had seen a masked man through the glass. "I'll get my air rifle,'" he cried, starting for the stairs. A crash of glass stopped him in his tracks, A moment later the masked man was in the room brandishing a revolver. Billy thought the man was crazy or drunk when he made exaggerated gestures with the revolver, shouted: "Don't you kids try anything, because I'm wearing a bullet-proof vest." As he muttered incoherently...
...hedge against that decision. So last month the courts approved a settlement whereby the Ochsner heirs got 60%, Daugherty 40% of the royalties, past and future, derived by the Ochsner estate. The estate meanwhile had settled with the private holding company which holds the royalty rights at the moment, the estate receiving 42% of the total royalties. The balance goes to the heirs of an old Ochsner crony, R. H. Arnold. If Daugherty is sustained in the appeal from his victory the Arnold interest will go to him also...
...victoriously at Russia. Even Italy's role has not changed too greatly. The first world war ended within hailing distance of the world revolution, and it is reasonable to assume the second will come much closer, but on the facts of the case as they appear at the moment the old lines are strikingly reshaping themselves...
...reputation by buying and backing the works of the great French Impressionists, his family and his firm have not had to worry since. Because it will always buy back any picture it sells, the firm can go to its storerooms in either Paris or New York and at a moment's notice produce an exhibition of Renoir, Monet, Degas or the rest, to knock out the public's eye. At long intervals the partners remember their duty to living art, introduce a new talent. They seldom take much of a chance. Any painter sponsored by cautious Durand-Ruel...
...afraid. I start to walk faster. . . . When I reach the corner, I find the street still stretches before me, deserted, straight. I keep going at top speed. . . . The sound of running feet behind me comes nearer and nearer, I know a hand will touch me in a moment-then I wake...