Word: sinks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...silence... without exhibiting any pleasurable emotion whatsoever. At length he spoke: I'm not accustomed to make valedictories, but one seems called for this time.' He stopped... and spoke with restrained emphasis. 'I've--been--counting--the hours till I got rid of you.' He paused to let that sink in; then castigated the class... for their disrespect and ill conduct... He concluded: 'But perhaps this indicates a better disposition: and I will say this: I will try to think as well of you as I can, for the rest of my life.' Slight pause. 'The question...
...drip pot and put two cups water on to boil. Nearly six. Egg mixture put over now boiling water and stirred. Done in four minutes. Five after six and we are eating, I with an eye on the clock. Twenty-six after and my dishes are at the sink. "Don't think I'll go, the children would not take their naps this afternoon," says the Mrs. The Chewy goes at the second turn of the starter and I'm out over the cattle guard and the culvert over the first irrigation ditch. Over a second, third...
...that such editorials as appeared in the CRIMSON the other day do not have the effect of making the public believe that that is the belief of every student in the university. . . . It is merely a publicity stunt that they feel is necessary when their glorified bulletin begins to sink into the throes of oblivion. A picture of the editorial room of such an institution at the aforementioned promise of oblivion is one in which all the responsible writers gather to see what criticism will have the most far-reaching effects. You see, I am really excusing the action...
...During recent months we have seen the city sink lower under an increasing load of stupidity and incompetence and when an arrogant leadership asked the citizens of this city to put its stamp of approval on such a record, resentment became widespread and deepseated. . . . To whom could they turn? To the candidate named by the Fusion group? His record is the answer to that question. No one can have any confidence in him because his whole record has been a record of opportunism, instability and explosiveness unparalleled in politics...
...Annette steadfastly refuses to take money from her half-sister Sylvie. who as the shrewd mistress of a millionaire is riding high on the tidal wave. When Marc finishes school, he and his mother part-she to go to Rumania as companion in a rich family, he to sink or swim for himself in Paris. His Aunt Sylvie tempts him beyond his strength: for a while he joins her roistering household. But he soon has enough of it and goes back to semi-starvation and odd jobs. Annette. who has also had her troubles in Rumania, comes back to Paris...