Word: smiled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dress coat, roll up his sleeves, and write a song that would surge above the glamor of "The Sidewalks of New York." But down on the lower East Side the old grind organs still throb and Tammany Hall politicians light cigars, lean back in squeaky chairs, smile at one another, say: "He cannot...
...Lord Bishop is 68. He likes boys. An active, voluble man with a big mouth and a professionally magnetic smile, he is skilled in the art of human intercourse, that art which consists of a measured degree of self-withdrawal combined with a hint of infinite comprehension. It is an art which can be practiced, in its higher degrees, only by amateurs, but when Bishop Ingram oversteps urbanity in his social assault upon the young persons submitted to his attention, he always has his Faith as an excuse. He has done an immense amount of good. He was appointed Lord...
...Edison verified the report. The record, which has 450 music grooves to the inch, will be placed on the market in a month. And how, asked a reporter, would this effect the interest in radio? Mr. Edison (he is 79 now) twisted his soft grey face into a smile...
...were in college under the old system will also notice with a smile that not only is duplication of effort done away with but also that a single contribution with a five dollar minimum has replaced the many solicitations for the same minimum amount. This single fact is in itself sufficient comment on the inefficient methods of the former system...
...victory-how he popped back cannonball serves, how he outthought Tilden, how with the first ball played he started Tilden on a long run from the backcourt to the net and from baseline to baseline, a run that never stopped until Tilden, gasping, twisted his haggard face into a smile and shook hands with his conqueror-critics will hold forth for some time to come. Indeed, critics and officials alike were so interested in the champion's debacle that they forgot about everything else, and William Johnston and Jean Borotra started their match an hour late. Johnston, the second...