Word: sighing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...jury which stated that evidence of a serious con-spiracy was nonexistent. The German press, excepting the Nationalist journals, condemned the verdict. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung said that it "must cause painful amazement throughout the world." The year 1923 was written off the books of German banks with a sigh- of relief. No dividends were voted and many annual statements appeared with merely technical balanced debits and credits. The banks were stated, however, to be in good shape; since the stabilization of the mark was effected, many were said to have large reserves of foreign currencies. An important feature...
...saints and sinners sigh...
...sending you," said Mr. Smith, "this latest if not the last, sigh of the thirsty. Take it as a peace offering and an evidence from Boston, and its City Hall that Harvard still holds a high place in its esteem and respect, and a sporadic case of bad manners is not the standard of Harvard conduct. Even the ghastly humor, and tragic dialect of the Lampoon will not wring our winners or change our views...
...fade-out follows rapidly. One assumes that Capt. Daingerfield picks up his hat and stick, and leaves in a dignified manner. Rita falls into Haggerty's arms. "'Oh, you are too strong,' she confessed with a half sigh. 'Too strong,' she repeated in a whisper, 'Thank...
...rocks and ceased publication (TiME, Feb. 4), The Independent went into bankruptcy (TiME, Feb. 11) and was sold. Now the Interpreter which, according to its profession, "only reaches a thin red line of thinkers scattered throughout the world" appeals for funds to carry on its work. Its editors sigh that "public response . . . has not been all that they had hoped. Appreciation seems ever to be a laggard It claims a circulation of over 10,000, but it confesses to a considerable, if decreasing, deficit each month. It announced that a few men had offered one-third the amount of money...