Word: nods
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attempt to divide the allies; Moscow has of late been making particularly gracious gestures toward the French. He believed the new Soviet regime wanted time to consolidate and improve conditions inside Russia. Sir Winston sat slumped in his chair, head down, glasses at nose's end, seeming to nod only to straighten up when prodded by a word or point that interested him. At last he pushed his glasses back into place, and gave his views of the Soviet...
Princeton and the Crimson, both with mediocre records, clash at 10:30 in the first Big Three game of the season. The games as a rule go to the host squad, so Bruce Munro's team gets the nod in a game which promises, weather-wise, to be one of the strangest of the Harvard-Princeton series...
Munro will start practically the same squad which upset Williams last week. Charlie Platt may get the nod over last week's starter Ed Jacobsen, although Munro is uncertain about his fullbacks. Juan Rodriguez is the other probable starter...
Though the Crimson barriers enter today's meet with only a day's rest after Wednesday's win against Boston University, they are given the nod as the team to best...
...dignified in flowing white brocade-to receive the distinguished noblemen and diplomats who thronged the glittering reception hall in the great palazzo. Gravely smiling, she greeted, in half-a-dozen languages, each baron and ambassador, each banker's lady and minister of state with the correct slight nod and carefully chosen words. There seemed to be not a flaw in the well-ordered proceedings. Then the camera peeped impertinently beneath the princess' royal skirts. It revealed the awful fact that she had slipped off one of her high-heeled shoes and, standing in perfect balance on one foot...