Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coming down the inside passage from Sitka, the transport Henderson made several stops in the narrow inlets where the steep, pine-covered slopes of mountains made good anchorages. The voyage extended over two days, and members of the party had opportunity to undertake a little fishing from small boats. The President himself sacrificed fishing in order to work on the speeches which he intended to deliver on the Pacific Coast...
...heroine situation is more encouraging. Helen Menken, Helen Gahagen, Margalo Gilmore, Winifred Lenihan, Katherine Cornell have all turned the earlier corners that mark the narrow road to greatness. Each one of these can show an American birth certificate. They are by no means alone in their eminence. Six or eight bright flashes from an even younger generation disturbed the calm of the season. Decidedly, there are abundant actresses...
About 100 people, men and women, signed the Declaration, although many of them later " withdrew" their signatures when ridicule began to be heaped upon the incident. Other resolutions were also passed, all unanimously, except one for woman suffrage, which was carried by a narrow margin...
François Coty, perfume manufacturer, fabulously rich, was elected to the Senate by a narrow majority of six votes. He is Senator for Corsica, island birthplace of Napoleon, south of France. M. Coty is head of the house of Coty, Parisian perfumers, whose exquisite products under alluring names are known to the world and his wife-particularly his wife. Among M. Coty's best known perfumes are: L'Origan, L'Or, La Rose Jaqueminot, Chype...
...When many years ago I saw him at a meeting of a board of directors . . . I saw the glow of fanatical eyes over narrow cheeks. These cheeks are now fuller, the lips somewhat heavier; yet these eyes, which now search the depths of other mysteries, can still laugh gaily or shoot lightnings of mistrust...