Word: shading
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago convention voted against him for a second term. Comfortably full of Senator Arthur Capper's luncheon, the Vice President received the news on the north steps of the State capitol. That location was chosen for economy's sake, as no expensive awning was needed to shade the notifiers. With the Vice President were his sister, Mrs. Dolly Gann; his daughter, Mrs. Leona Knight; his rambunctious son Harry. On the lawn were 5,000 spectators. Nominee Curtis made a speech. It was broadcast over 48 stations but omitted from New York and Chicago...
...would be well for sleuths everywhere to model themselves on Detective Charlie Chan. Like all storybook operatives, he avoids catch-as-catch-can methods, has apparently never heard of the third degree. More than this, he exhibits an oriental courtesy that is only a shade less elaborate than his oriental proverbs. Sample: "Even a blind man, if he has been over the road before, may point out the way.'' This time Author Biggers. whose books make better cinemas than most murder stories, has Detective Chan present at a lugubrious houseparty. Present also are four ex-husbands of an egocentric diva...
...Schmeling had a cut lip. In the ninth round then the tenth and the eleventh, it looked as though Sharkey were tiring, as though Schmeling had planned his fight well and might even be able to win as he pleased in the last rounds. Instead, Schmeling came out a shade more cautiously in the twelfth and Sharkey's savage, feline left paw began to flick his face savagely again. fought. The last Schmeling four was rounds fresher in were the last round, the fastest of a sharp but not particularly dramatic match. When the bell ended...
...colors used are characteristic of the Augsburg work of the period, and are applied with much more care and skill than usual. The colors are laid in flat washes on some figures; on others there is an attempt to represent light and shade. Maidens and warriors alike have delicate pink complexions...
...campus of St. John's College, Annapolis, stands a tulip poplar which some say is 600 years old. In its shade the white colonists made a treaty in 1652 with the Susquehannock Indians. Alumnus Francis Scott Key ("The Star-Spangled Banner") grew nostalgic beneath it in 1806 when he was trying to raise money for St. John's. Here in 1824 the old, fat, crippled Marquis de Lafayette reviewed local troops. Under this venerable poplar are held St. John's commencements every June. Last week it was the scene of the inauguration of St. John...