Word: skies
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wreaths of smoke ascended to the sky; two men spoke, yet no one heard them speak; finally, after the smoke had cleared, it was stated by the British Foreign Office...
Several important elements in the theatrical world have already announced that they will not boost their seat prices sky-high in order to pluck the political lamb come to the slaughter. The newly-formed Managers' Protective Association, formed by Lee Shubert as a rival to the old Producing Managers' Association, has made known that seats to 75% of the current attractions, controlled by them, will not be sold for a small ransom...
...inveterate diseases of old nations, "contracted in rude and ignorant ages." We forego the advantages of our birth into an enlightened age if we do not shake off national prejudices as we would the local superstitions of the Old World. In a day when legislators only cloud the sky of international concord, this out-reaching spirit of Yale is one of the redeeming forces which serves to draw East and West closer together...
...ship goes up, the plane climbs, the nose goes lighter and higher and for a brief moment of time the ship is flying upside down, only to dive again and resume its normal attitude. When correctly executed, the loop is seen as a beautiful, smooth curve in the sky. But it is a wise precaution to have the safety belt well buckled when flying upside down, for plane and pilot may suddenly part company. To perform a series of loops, when the trick is once learned, is but a question of endurance and of a head that does not grow...
...From the sky and a certain hill: Oh, at your dying...