Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same Freyberg, covered with grease against the cold, wearing goggles to keep his sight from being extinguished by the brine, followed by an Admiralty tug, began at 8 o'clock one night last week to swim from Cape Gris Nez. He swam all night. At dawn a patchy fog, a westerly wind, a small rain. He swam on. At 11:30 in the morning he was a mile and a half from Dover. His trainer turned a drawn countenance upon the party...
...Manhattan, arrived a boat carrying 129 enthusiastic recruits for the Spanish Foreign Legion of every hue and numerous nationalities. The sight of the Statue of Liberty imbued them with a mad desire to see America. The captain of the ship forbade them to go ashore. As answer, they mutinied. Fists, feet, clubs, chairs, crockery were used. One man drew a knife, was promptly bumped on the head with a club. Eventually police restored order and the ship sailed for Spain...
believe in miracles but you cannot deny their adaptability to the cinema. This one is from Clarence Buddington Kelland's novel Miracle. Under discussion is the restoration of sight at the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré in Quebec. Shortly after, the hero and the girl plot another miracle (to them) : their marriage. He lost his eyes in a fight back in the furry wilds. A generally capable history, somewhat more serious than usual...
...game of golf ? That seemed a good idea and in due course a member of the Earl's party drove a straight, low ball over the fairway. The sight of this small, white object skimming over the grass and then bumping its way along attracted the attention of a neighboring bear which promptly gave chase. Along the fairway galloped the bear, both beady eyes fixed upon the white spheroid rollicking on ahead...
...wheeled motor-trucks, not yet a common sight on the public highway, occupied the attention of California automotive engineers who met last week in Los Angeles...