Word: round
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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About 41 years of age, Zinoviev is a man of arresting appearance, exuding "a picturesque madness that adds glamor to his character." His round head is surmounted by a shock of bushy black hair; his eyes, like those of all born revolutionaries, are coal black, luminous, revealing intensity and some times an appealing tenderness, but capable of flashing fire-"ashes and sparks my words among mankind." In stature he is of medium height, with a thick-set figure, beefy as a bull...
...dimity, dapper in flannels, society at Great Neck, L. I., flocked to a lawn fête. There was food, drink, talking, tittering. Into the midst of the festive scene marched a godlike creature, dressed almost as for the ancient Olympics. He smiled, shook and kissed hands all round, proceeded to a roped-off platform on the greensward. There his actions banished the last lingering doubt that he was Georges Carpentier, "gorgeous orchid man of France," beginning to train for his bout on July 24 with Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion, at the Polo Grounds, Manhattan...
...exists principally north of the Mason and Dixon line. No. 2 thrives in the South. No. 1 has yielded a point or two to Science. Many of its pastors believe that the earth is round, that it revolves round the sun, and some of them entertain a doubt as to whether man was created in the image of God, including the left eyelash. But No. 2 adheres strictly to Faith, uncorrupted by Science, and rejoices in the fact that Evolution has been legislated out of the schools of several good old Southern States...
...Glen Cove, L. I., two Australian Davis Cup players were crushed by second-string Americans in an invitation tournament. Shimizu, Japanese Davis Cup leader, defaulted. Of the Australians, Frederick Kalms went down in the second round before E. F. Chandler of California; Pat O'Hara Wood before S. Howard Voshell, Long Island southpaw, in the finals. Intercollegiate doubles champions Thalheimer and White of Texas wrested the team play from the Australians...
...main lighting stations (Chicago, Iowa City, Omaha, North Platte, Cheyenne) the towers will carry electric light beacons of 500,000,000 candle power visible for 150 miles, set slightly above the horizon to meet the eye of the pilot in the sky, and flashing 'round in a circle three times a minute. Incandescent acetylene lights of 5,000,000 candle power will flash at intermediate points, 22 miles apart and every field will also have all obstacles illuminated, floodlights for the actual landing, and illuminated wind vanes. The planes themselves will be lit up at tip and head...