Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only other moment when Little really seemed to be in danger occurred the next afternoon when he was playing slim 23-year-old Walter Emery of Oklahoma City. Far from friendly, the tone of this match had been set the day before when Emery, not in the least awed by reaching the final of the first Amateur he ever played in, admitted being thoroughly annoyed when Little refused to pose with him for photographers. They finished the morning round all even. Emery sat down in the club house, ordered lunch and arrogantly advised the waiter to "take an aspirin...
...tensest moment of the evening came when the calico soldier on the calico horse met the calico dragon in the calico colored short. The suspense came to an end with dramatic suddeness--but in the University Theatre, not here...
...declared: "The granting of this concession has been the cause of great embarrassment, not only to this Government but to other governments who are making strenuous and sincere efforts for the preservation of peace. . . . It [is] highly desirable that the necessary steps should be taken at the earliest possible moment to terminate the concession...
...self-sacrifice, Alan arranges the furniture in the living room, hides his Braille books, awaits their call. When they arrive, he greets them soberly, pours a drink for each and, grimly pretending that he sees her perfectly, explains to Kitty that he no longer loves her. The great moment then arrives. '"Goodby," says Kitty, holding out her hand. Alan does not take it. Gerald, watching from the doorway, guesses...
...layers around the prisoner, almost entirely covering him except for his eyes and nose. Stiff-legged, he was stood up in the centre of a small fire. "It was early morning; cows lowed. The witnesses smelled the perfume of honey given out by the living candle. . . . At this precise moment some slight things happened which did honor to humanity. One of the Whites present at the ceremony fainted; and the other can state that the Prince, the dignitaries . . . the executioners and all the rest breathed through the mouth in short breaths...