Word: scene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Vincent Sheean, one of the last men to give up a fight against reaction, wrote democratic Spain's obituary when, after inspecting the scene, he reported...
...Mickey Mouse, not the foolish pigs, not Donald Duck in a snit, not the awkward Goof nor Horace the hopeless horse, not Dopey, no wide-eyed, tender creature of the field or wood was chosen. The choice: a scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs wherein two cadaverous vultures-black, grey, just a tip of vermilion on their cruel beaks-watch for the witch's death through sleet and gloom. Taken from their delicate context, the ominous birds seemed to be looking down on Europe...
...fastest skaters in the U. S. were not disgruntled over lack of gallery as long as a handful of ear-muffed gentlemen, seated in a little wooden coop, remained on the scene. For they were officials of the American Olympic Committee and they were selecting a team of eight to represent the U. S. in the Winter Olympic Games at St. Moritz next February...
...fourth floor is devoted principally to a special large and a small seminar room, with a luxurious lounge between them. This lounge is to be specifically stocked with reading material and will be the scene of any larger seminars and meetings besides being a common room. The remainder of the space is taken up with offices...
...scene of approaching carnage is an innocent appearing expanse of smooth ice bounded by the usual sideboards, with screens at each end to protect spectators from flying pucks, sticks, and occasional severed limbs. But at two o'clock sharp, the tranqull ice is transformed into what resembles a subway rush in the 7th Avenue subway when a hundred or so shabbily dressed people with razor-like skates swarm over the boards-the Rainbow Division going over the top at Hill 22. After a general 15-minute melee, called "warm-up time", a whistle is blown and the first game...