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Word: sighing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard might be tempted merely to sigh contemplatively, and cock one eye on the tablets in the locker house that once announced records as good as the best. Young blood, young vigor, seriousness in sports . . . all very well, for those who still play with the zest of youth; here at Harvard, a tired savoir faire is said to have taken their place. Harvard might, indeed, merely sigh, or even yawn, if this were true, but, sadly enough for the erudite gentlemen who delight in classifying the University and all its contents with one clever phrase, not all the instinct...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPEEDY | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...George Bancroft and Miss Evelyn Brent will probably go down through the ages as the players who made "Underworld," one of the tastiest cinematic hors d'oeuvres of all time. Meanwhile, however, they are devoting their efforts to making other and, it must be admitted with a wistful sigh, worse pictures. But since the decline from "Underworld" is of considerable extent their products...

Author: By R. T. S., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/7/1928 | See Source »

...happiest little woman In all this little town; And my merry laugh and singing Takes the place of sigh and frown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Drunkards' Bane | 2/27/1928 | See Source »

...fine leg, which I never knew before." So sought after was he, so gay and dandified, that benign Lord Melbourne was moved to inquire: "Well now, tell me,what do you want to be?"?"I want to be Prime Minister."?"No, no," Lord Melbourne replied with a sigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dizzy | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

...this would be a rather lugubrious picture, a poser in justifying the ways of God to man, if it were not for the joy and gladness which it must bring to all the good people of Boston and Cambridge. Tradesmen of the Square breathe a sigh of relief and replace the Kollege Kut Klothes in their window with unmatched suits and complements of a more sober hue. The period of depression is over. The college boys are back, and better to have long-running bills than no business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PERIODICAL PARANOIA | 2/9/1928 | See Source »

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