Word: sightedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blindness which occasions such delay is appalling and yet is well-known. The last days of any Congress are a heetic political scramble in which proportion and discretion are usually lost sight of. Indifference to vital interests has meant the indefinite postponement of too many bills. In the present case, however, there are not only dollars, but lives at stake. It seems incredible that Congress, even though it be nearing its last meeting, should overlook this fact...
...still immature, still the small boy with a spit-ball mania. To him, his teacher is some far-off monster forcing down his throat--teaching--something that he is convinced will do him no good. His imagination makes his deceitfulness seem clever and in his cleverness he loses sight of the fact that the teacher is not the person who is there to teach but the person from whom he can learn. Failure to learn on the part of the student is no loss to the instructor. The loss is with the student, and whether or not the Office recognizes...
...know such little heavens that I could take you to islands lucked away under the Line. You sight them after weeks of crashing through water as black as black marble because it's so deep, and you sit in the fore-chains day after day, and see the sun rise almost afraid because the sea's so lonely. . . . And there are noises under the sea, and sounds overhead in a clear sky. Then you find your island alive with hot, moist orchids that make months at you and can do everything except talk. There's a waterfall in it three...
...Belinda Carter and by the superb William Courtenay as the hero. Miss Fisher admirably portrays the part of a wilful, spoiled, affected young girl, tired of being courted in the usual manner. Finally, when the "great love" comes, she reveals herself to be only human and falls at first sight for the charms and wiles of John Leighton, ably impersonated by Mr. Courtenay. The play should not be commented upon without a word extolling its settings and scenic effects. Besides the prelude and its shadowgraphic representations, the stage setting in the second act is worthy of special mention...
...forced to attend morning services. If there is something to be gained, the thoughtful man will attend voluntarily. Yet it is too much to assume that because Appleton Chapel has not been crowded every morning there is nothing valuable in the services. Yet there is no remedy in sight, under the voluntary attendance system, unless Appleton offers something more than it has in the past...