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Word: skies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will not receive. ..." So he lived in hunger among rocks, trees, beasts. The birds, knowing his gentle heart, came close to him. Often he preached to them, and once, as his congregation flew away, it was seen that their innumerable wings made the pattern of a cross upon the sky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Core of Potency | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...Mayor will arrive in Asheville, the guest of local boosters, on a special train christened The Land of the Sky. Retiring from the public view for a few moments, Mr. Walker is scheduled to emerge in his grey "mountaineer-spun" suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: In North Carolina | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...still early. In the pale violet sky an airplane somersaulted, strung with lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Marine | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...referendum questions so often do... Small wonder it is that under such conditions the voice of the people turns out to be a babel of discordance like unto that which was heard on the plain of Shinar when men sought to build a city whose tower should spike the sky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POLITICAL FUND AMENTALISM IS REPUDIATED BY MUNRO | 10/1/1926 | See Source »

...than 70 miles an hour to make up for time lost on the worst stretches. When the King reached Tolosa, he entered upon the mountain passes, a nerve racking drive even in full daylight. But there was not even moonlight for the royal driver as heavy clouds obscured the sky and at Burgos, across the mountains, heavy rains greeted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Alfonso's Luck | 9/27/1926 | See Source »

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