Word: signalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bright and sunny days in June are the signal throughout the American educational world for white-flannels, caps and gowns, and a torrential flood of altruistic oratory poured out over the listening ears of eager youth. Unfortunately much of this baccalaureate wisdom has to do with the challenge of youth--how mankind can confidently expect that all the ills that flesh is heir to will melt away as soon as flaming youth has seized the helm--and is soon forgotten. But it is nonetheless true that the seven hundred odd Harvard men who take their bachelors degrees on Thursday have...
...clear to newspaper readers, who got from them the notion that U. S. fancy-diving was becoming fancier than ever, was what Diver Jump did with her weapons after being photographed with them. The bow & arrow were wired together. The click of the camera was Diver Jump's signal to drop them. By no means a novelty, the "Diana Dive" was invented by Photographer Powell in 1932, when he had Diver Georgia Coleman perform it to publicize the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles...
...taking you back to the Carleton Hotel, for dance music." What befuddled Commander Woodrooffe was trying to describe was the manner in which, at a single blink from the flagship Nelson, every ship in the review suddenly flashed out with myriad lines of lights which, at another signal, blacked out completely. A moment later at a third signal hundreds of searchlights swept the night firmament in amazing patterns...
Next afternoon just as the ancient twin-funneled royal yacht sailed off toward Portsmouth harbor, there broke from its yardarm the little signal flags dear to every sailor's heart. By the tactics of 100 years ago they meant, "Splice the Main-Brace," i.e., repair the stays holding up the middle of a frigate's three masts. By venerable naval usage "Splice the Main-Brace" means to issue an extra round of navy rum to every man jack aboard ship. Again the fleet...
...conservative. I am a member in good standing of the River Forest (Illinois) Regular Republican Club. I am acting on this committee because I believe that Fascism is the greatest menace to our liberties, and to world peace, today. I believe that the defeat of Franco will be a signal check on Fascism...