Word: roses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Since the earth was directly between the sun and moon, the sun had actually set when the moon rose. But atmospheric refraction raises the sun's apparent position in the sky by more than one of its diameters. Thus for six minutes after the eclipsed moon rose the sun's image remained above the western horizon. This was the first time the Atlantic seaboard had seen such a thing in the 20th Century, although it was visible elsewhere in the U. S. in 1920, twice...
...renewed interest in many-minded Pablo Picasso was whetted by a big, swank show of paintings from the School of Paris at the spacious old Lefevre Galleries off St. James's Square. Eight Picassos of different periods (he has had eight so far: Realist, Toulouse-Lautrec, Blue, Rose, African, Cubistic, Neo-Classical and Surrealistic) were surrounded by canvases by Bauchant, Bonnard, Braque, Dali, Derain, Dufresne, Dufy, La Fresnaye, Leger, Lurçat, Matisse, Miro, Modigliani, Pascin, Redon, Rousseau, Rouault, Segonzac, Soutine, Utrillo, Vuillard...
Today, short stocky Dr. Kelly, with his fuzzy head, broad white mustache and scarred cheeks (he was treated with radium for cancer of the face), is a familiar figure on Baltimore streets. In his lapel he wears a pink rose, sent fresh by an admiring friend four times a week. Below the rose is a large blue campaign button bearing a red question mark. As he meets his friends Dr. Kelly presents them with small reprints from the New Testament, saying, "Here's my card," and when strangers question him about his interrogating button, he invariably asks: "What...
...first week in November, a large part of the U. S. population comes down with Rose Bowl fever. At Los Angeles last week the epidemic was most pronounced. Over 95,000 football fans, snuggled in University of Southern California's Memorial Coliseum, suffered chills up & down their spines as they watched the two top-ranking teams in the Pacific Coast Conference match wits and strength in a struggle to determine the West Coast's representative* in the annual Rose Bowl game on New Year...
...undefeated California, last year's Rose Bowl winner, which had gained 1,920 yards from scrimmage and rolled up 173 points (to 31 for its opponents) in seven games (three outside the conference) this season. The other was Southern California, making a dramatic comeback (with four straight conference victories and One over Ohio State) after losing its opening game to Alabama...