Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tomorrow evening will see the trials for the Comite France Amerique Competition. Candidates will speak in French for five minutes on any subject pertaining to France, and will be judged by Professor Hawkins, Professor L. J. A. Mercier, and Mr. E. L. Raiche. The men chosen for the finals will give declamations in French "on some subject drawn from the history of French civilization" the victor is awarded La Medaille France Amerique...
...reprimand TIME'S correspondent for failing to see Mr. Coolidge rise to shake hands with Mr. Hoover at the Inauguration when no less a personage than Sir Walter Raleigh himself was deceived by his own eyes...
...have done more work during the past year than ever before. I have written a novel, short stories and several essays. It is true, I believe, that being unable to see is a great aid to concentration. You are not distracted by outside elements...
...Half of people's appetite is a result of looking at food. Now that I can't see what I am eating I feel that I could very easily dispense with...
...occupant of the business office by Raymond Mathewson Hood of Manhattan may look out on sooty roofs, but he will see them through a huge, tinted window with dim floral designs in the glass. The staunch desk is metallic, L-shaped, with a built-in clock...