Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...moon That smiled in the evening sky. The neighbors smote him with rocks and shoon- But still he continued his ragful tune. And he barked 'till his throat was dry. But, soon 'neath the hill that obstructed the west, The moon sank out of sight; And the little dog said, as he laid down to rest, "Well, I scared it away all right." L. V. LA TASTE...
Returning from Provincetown, Secretary Wilbur said: "It is the business of the submarine to be on the lookout for and immediately sight surface vessels. Therein lies their whole offensive strength. If they can't protect themselves in peace time from surface vessels which are unaware of their whereabouts, well?...
...minded Vol, his eyes upon his paws, failed to notice this and continued walking upstairs until he came out upon the roof. Soon he heard his name being called by the voice of Mrs. Bertha Turner. Excited, he twice whirled about on the roof top; she was not in sight. Suddenly he realized that the voice came from below; with a wild and silly hop he jumped over the edge of the parapet, fell five stories, died...
...Francaise was recently released from prison (TIME, July 4) by a faked telephone order supposed to have come from a member of the august "Sacred Union Cabinet" of Premier Raymond Poincaré. Since that merry escapade every policeman in France has received the order "Arrest M. Leon Daudet on sight"-but Daudet has managed to conceal his whereabouts. Therefore a sensation burst last week, at Paris, when it was announced that Editor Daudet would positively address a Royalist audience at the Salle Builler. Soon police swarmed 'round this innocuous auditorium. When the meeting came to order, its chairman smilingly...
...Philadelphia last week, Pianist Joseph Hofmann dedicated a new hall for the Curtis Institute of Music. Mrs. Edward W. Bok gave the money for the building, established besides an endowment fund of $12,500,000. Hidden from sight in the gray and white auditorium is a $50,000 pipe-organ given by Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, father...