Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...despite the obvious point of such jibes, Imperial Airways continued to dawdle serenely along, moderately safe, unduly slow...
...generally agreed that the earth rotates on its axis, and the speed of rotation has been accurately measured. Nevertheless, Sister Mary's pendulum will be something more than a mere exhibition. Since a pendulum's rate of oscillation depends on the force of gravity at the point where it operates, it will keep a constant record of the force of gravity for the Chicago area...
...with certain exceptions such as building materials they were again too low, should go up. This time, however, the Presidential edict seemed to have lost its magic. Despite renewed inflation in the form of desterilized gold and relaxed bank reserve requirements, commodity prices on June i reached the lowest point since 1934-130 on Moody's Index...
...failure. But two flaws turn up. One is a buxom, sentimental blonde, a sort of Mae West figure of Justice, who suspects that her friend the reporter has met foul play, gradually uncovers the evidence herself. The other is a mousy, 17-year-old waitress who knows the weak point in Pinkie's alibi. To shut the waitress' mouth, Pinkie cold-bloodedly makes love to her, meets with complete and, to him, nauseating success. "She loves me, she loves me not," he muses with characteristic humor, carefully pulling off the wings and legs of a fly. To shut...
...sophistication and childish innocence. But it is not the brilliantly realistic description of fighting that gives The Mountains and the Stars its peculiar horror. This is supplied by Ungern-Sternberg's cruelty toward his own officers (he humors the rank-&-file, who dote on him). The high point of his officer-discipline is when he flogs an officer who has shot two Cossacks, then burns him at the stake-a scene which puts all stories of lynching in the primer class...