Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...land now called Germany there appeared some six centuries ago a curious and fearsome phenomenon. Suddenly and inexplicably large crowds began to dance in the streets with furious abandon, screaming, writhing, foaming at the mouth. The mania spread from city to city, new victims being inspired by sight of wandering sufferers, until most of Central and Northern Europe was a howling, leaping pandemonium. Uncontrollable, the dancers heeded no barriers, dashed out their brains against stone walls, pranced off bridges. Those caught in time were turned over to priests for lifting of curses, casting out of demons...
...Pascual Cervera, handicapped by wretched ships, equipment and support, sailed his rusty little fleet of four cruisers and three destroyers across the Atlantic, straight through the operations centre of an over whelmingly superior U. S. fleet set to catch him, and safe into harbor at Santiago, Cuba without once sighting or being sighted by a U. S. warship. Navy censor ship hid that inglorious episode from the U, S. public, gagged war correspondents for another fortnight while the Navy made up its mind as to just where Cervera was. After Commodore Winfield Scott Schley had ventured close enough to sight...
...Hobart Ames plantation at Grand Junction, Tenn. One autumn when he had grown old and too slow for quail, the little setter's master took him away from his familiar brush and stubble to the thick pines of Minnesota to hunt grouse. Out of his master's sight one grey afternoon, he was standing on point when a blinding blizzard struck suddenly out of the north, driving the master to cover. Wind, sleet and snow beat down on the old dog, but he, who had never in his life broken a point, refused to do so now. Next...
Last year 66,000 people were conducted on sight-seeing tours through the Yard and adjoining grounds by University-appointed students. Unfortunately the guide service was organized only for the summer Tercentenary period and was immediately disbanded at the end of September. The conducted tours served their purpose, so well that for a number of reasons a continuation of the experiment is highly desirable...
...where Pin Head Gordillo's lieutenant, one Antonio Capriolo, was still at large. Every car entering the Federal District was stopped and searched. The newspaper Critica scooped its competitors with a "life size" portrait of Baby Pereyra Iraola. Suddenly in a crowded Buenos Aires square, searching police caught sight of Antonio Capriolo, opened fire over the heads of terrified passersby. After a brief duel Public Enemy Capriolo escaped...