Word: peering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...University this week is "Nancy Steele Is Missing," the unusual notoriety and popularity which has resulted from the stellar performance of Annabelle has given "Wings of the Morning" the first ranking position. The story revolves around the settlement of a gypsy tribe on the estate of a wealthy Iirsh peer. In 1890, the heir of the estate marries a gypsy princess, and his subsequent death causes his bride to relinquish her newly acquired home...
...agreement of the London Nonintervention Committee of 27 States, these will supply a total of 900 "agents" or observers to be stationed around the land and sea coasts of Spain, together with such equipment as warships for the agents to peer from, guards to ensure their reasonable safety. Although the international patrol was supposed to be all set to come into effect, little more had been made public this week than the fact that 260 agents will observe on the land frontiers, the rest on warships whose nationality has been fixed (see map). Undisclosed, apparently undecided, was exactly what...
...read, write and listen to the radio," declared the War Secretary in glowing description of new British Army barracks now being built. He implied that in winter these will be heated up to between 55° and 60°-this in a kingdom where many a peer would think it extravagant to keep his castle as warm as that. In addition Mr. Duff Cooper promised to spend $200,000 yearly on the unprecedented innovation of hiring British civilians to do the "K. P." (kitchen police) duties every soldier has always had to perform, and hated-such as peeling potatoes, scrubbing...
...nimble dean who's without a peer...
...undergraduate, attempting to peer into the flaming closet, was ejected by a captain with the following words: "You've get more nerve than I've get, brother, and I'm an officer!" The same local fire eater carried the first piece of burning wood out into the street, and was greeted by lend applause from the assembled crowd...