Word: precious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shortly invited them home for "a little party." The little party became a big party before Professor Griffin got to bed. When he awoke he looked about a strangely disordered apartment. Gone was the attractive couple. Gone were his gold watch & chain, his shoes, $5 in cash and two precious volumes of Shakespeare...
...decisions. If, by the end of the month, the Court should sustain certain vital sections of the NRA now under examination, Mr. Roosevelt probably will be able to force the Senate to comply with his wishes. In passing, one cannot help suggesting that now when time is such a precious element in the fate of the Blue Eagle, the President may not look on Professor Frankfurter with too fond feelings. It was the latter's advice that major court tests of the NRA be delayed. But that was when the Eagle soared merrily...
Author Luhan is a nature-lover: "It is delicious to participate with the cat in the deep within the penetrating domestic quietude of the somnolent interior, yet it is not so precious and uplifting as the tender, wakeful participation with the birds." Her description of Taos scenery and climate, especially from her window, are lingeringly loving. But life in a New Mexican ranch house, however comfortably fixed up, is fraught with more than contemplation. Chatelaine Luhan finds it strenuous: "For every single time I have to attend to anything, whether it's a horse, or a telegram from goodness...
...village where they are held captive Perken finds the French deserter he is looking for-blinded and chained to a grindstone. Though badly wounded, Perken bluffs their way free and they head for the mountains of his friendly tribes. But his wound festers and they have to abandon their precious bas-reliefs. Long before they reach the mountains they know that Perken at least will die, even if Claude escapes the pursuing Mois...
...precision. On the great Second Anniversary last week hopes were especially high. Full text of Der Reichsführer's speech, not broadcast because Orator Hitler was said to be "too hoarse", but printed by every newsorgan in the Fatherland so that no German should miss a single precious word...