Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stood and waved, but my mother-in-law reminded us of the old superstition that one must not watch people out of sight, so before they turned the bend we were back in our cars and on our way home...
Further information for Army freshmen: "A young British officer knows all his men by sight and name and takes a personal interest in each. If a man is in any private trouble of his own, he has merely to ask for an interview with his officer (through the medium of a Serjeant or other non-commissioned officer) and it will be granted at once. Finally, in action, his officer never asks a soldier to go anywhere he himself is not prepared to lead the way. Such traditions as these are the pride of the British Army, and the envy...
...willingly accepted Communist help during his great campaign from revolutionary Canton up to Shanghai and the rich Yangtze valley in 1927. Once his objectives were in sight the Generalissimo turned on the Communists and machine-gunned many of their Shanghai supporters...
...King & Queen came to Montreal, they traveled 24 miles of the city's streets, and all along the route they were cheered and applauded by one and all, including French Canadians. As for myself, I can tell you that I was so much moved by the mere sight of them that I had goose flesh all over...
Only slightly more agonizing than young Mr. Fairbanks' throes in putting this subversive two & two together is the sight of middle-aged Mr. Rathbone, as a sort of Imperial Rover Boy, lashing about the jungle in bush jacket and shorts, caught barekneed between Love & Duty...