Word: sighting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many states, in pursuit of false ideals of national interest, have imperiled their own welfare and lost sight of the common interests of the world by basing their commercial relations on the economic folly which treats all trading as a form...
...have double-crossed her as he has hundreds of performances before, will have served his rival a real execution instead of the blank cartridges promised. And Tosca, her own murder discovered, will jump once more on to the operatic parapet, sing an operatic farewell, fling herself far out of sight into a pillowed Tiber...
When Joseph Carson Jr., a mild-mannered boy whose parents live in Manhattan, was voted "most brilliant" and "most intellectual" by his classmates ('21) at Princeton University, few who voted for him knew him save by sight and reputation. He was a scholarly recluse and passed much of his time in the company of a few kindred spirits of whom the leader was Lawrence Buermeyer of Reading, Pa., a graduate student and later a member of the Princeton Faculty. The friendship between Carson and Buermeyer survived their student days. They took it with them and kept it alive...
Next day, still fogged with raw fumes, he made his way back to Buermeyer's rooms. The man lay where he had left him, inert. The sight precipitated fresh mania and Mr. Carson attacked once more, exhorting his opponent to "stand up and take it." Buermeyer was unconscious. He felt nothing during ensuing minutes when his assailant kicked, beat, bashed him with a milk bottle, shoved him around the floor with a broomstick, tried to smother him with a dressing gown. He lay so limp, with blood streaming from ear, nose, jaw, forehead and the base of his skull...
...hardly rare enough to ensure popular fame. Nor can the publication of such criticisms go far toward breaking down any spirit of confidence which may be necessary to the functioning of the system. Had the facts been of a confessional nature, revealing characteristics hidden from the sight of all except the privileged advisor, the case would be different. Long cigarette holders and side burns are hardly secret vices...