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Word: smile (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Yankee face. It just missed being a mean face, with its tight mouth and the over-sharp nose set at too pronounced an angle with the brow. The eyes are narrow and veiled, though they light up readily. The brightness of the eyes and the frequent smile save the face from repelling you. The smile is frugal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW BOOK: Personal Politics | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

...this all. "People are too busy in these days to make love . . . to write billets-doux." And the automobile is of course to blame. The loss of these dainty confections of literature is truly tragic. Yet the squinting scholar may smile amidst the grime of a blowout to thank his otherwise cursed machine for preventing the literary effusions of future Pamelas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A THING ACCURSED | 9/25/1924 | See Source »

...Stallings is a critic of no mean power. When you first meet him you gain an impression of bulk, and of a winning smile. He is a Southerner with a soft Southern voice, and he has many of the ingratiating qualities which are often associated with gentlemen of the lower part of the U. S. His attitude of mind is eager, even penetrating. So alert a mentality is apt to be a trifle impatient of the slowness of others' minds. Mr. Stallings is not characterized by literary or intellectual patience, although, as a man, I imagine, he has unusual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laurence Stallings | 9/1/1924 | See Source »

...Some Cleveland parties, unknown, have purchased 40,000 shares of this road from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., with an option on 34,000 shares more; this is about a quarter of the total 300,000 shares of the road. When the Van Sweringens are asked about this, they smile and change the subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Nickel Plate System | 8/18/1924 | See Source »

After the plenary session of the Conference was over, Premier Mac-Donald of Britain rose, grasped the hand of Premier Herriot of France, and with a smile said: "Now we are all agreed, Satan alone can separate us. Now, if you will allow me, I am going to send the invitation to the Germans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Premiers' Conference | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

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