Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have seen . . . workers parading along the streets and shouting, 'We want an American Perón!' . . . Charcoal or chalk signs reading 'Hurrah Perón' and 'Up Perón' are a common sight...
...bring its membership to 92. Said he: "A new leaf will be turned over with a bang! People talk about the New York, the Boston, and the Philadelphia. Now they will talk about the New York, the Boston, the Philadelphia and the Cleveland." Thus top success was in sight for the orchestra founded 27 years ago by oil-&-steel Tycoon John L. Severance and Mrs. Adella Prentiss Hughes, indefatigable crusader for music in Cleveland...
...Amherst was founded in 1821, but not by Lord Jeffrey Amherst for whom it is named. Lord Jeff had "conquered all the enemies that came within his sight . . . in the wilds of this wild country," during the French and Indian...
...reserved for the various verbal lashings dealt the Senator, by everyone eventually, even Cousin Roy. Yet it would have been quite consistent with the earlier portrayal of the old Bourbon if he had been led to recant his bigotry. But one failing more irksome on reflection than apparent on sight, is perhaps a symptom of the in growth of prejudice, in this instance to the very actors, or the director. A strained match between Howard and Alice seems to be justification enough for several chilly kisses, while the warm and central love between Nevvy and Brett finds itself in words...
Cherry Blossom Snow, a picture of spring, has two dates on it: 1917 (when he first painted it) and 1945, when he improved upon it. He calls it "a child's impression of nature ... a remembrance of coming home from school at noon and being awed by the sight of such an event...