Word: seene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...children were thus alone, there was a heavy knocking on the French doors that open on a terrace at the rear of the house. Brown-haired, brown-eyed young Charles went to investigate. Popping with excitement, he ran back into the living room to report that he had seen a masked man through the glass. "I'll get my air rifle,'" he cried, starting for the stairs. A crash of glass stopped him in his tracks, A moment later the masked man was in the room brandishing a revolver. Billy thought the man was crazy or drunk when...
...drug addicts," began a high Peiping official's terrifying speech, but he ended by saying that the Nanking Government had only been trying to throw a salutary scare into as many people as possible last week. The blood-thirsty 5,000, in visible disgust, drifted away, having seen no execution at Peiping. Elsewhere in China the peculiar orders of the Dictator were similarly obeyed...
Last New Year's morning, Al Williams had the idea of flying aloft before earthly dawn to see a preview of 1936's first sunrise. Last week he repeated this maneuver. Upon alighting, he sat down in the hangar and typed out what he had seen and felt. The result was a glowing little chapter of air literature. Excerpts...
...Good morning, 1937! I have seen many sunrises from above, but this is a fresh one. All kinds of color schemes are here, for the first of the newest day. The upper rim of this blazing sun is gold and yellow, right from the start. The air is crystal clear. Am I imagining? Maybe. Maybe not. Altitude does funny things to people. Some laugh foolishly. Some get cracky, with as little reason. What does it do to me? I don't know. My mind is inside itself and can't see its image without some kind...
...Morris, who got 1.106 votes, was characterized as "modest, courageous, helpful, amiable and always willing to abide by decisions and rulings ... a fine type of sportsman. . . ." Decathloner Morris discovered his vocation in a way characteristic of decathloners. A famed footballer at Colorado State College of Agriculture, he had never seen the event until he visited the 1932 Olympic Games as a spectator. Decathloner Jim Bausch's victory, with a world record score, caused Spectator Morris' eyes to pop. Said he: "I can do all those things as well as he can and some of them a little better...