Word: softly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...flying south from the autumn cold fell into a field. His wing was broken. All night he lay in a frosty furrow and when day came heard voices near at hand. Terrified out of his wits, what was his astonishment to find that some children were addressing him in soft imploring accents. They had stumbled upon him on their way to school. Now, when they go to school he struts behind them; while they construe their lessons he "stands motionless on one leg in the corner"; in the afternoon he "marches home before them like a bandmaster...
...vocal unit under W. R. Chase '26 will take the place of the University Glee Club this evening, and will render several selections of popular airs. The evening will be featured by the soft-shoe dancing of G. B. Moynahan '26, to the accompaniment of the Gold Coast Orchestra...
Thus the only party to worry about the strike is the public, and so far no great worrying has apparently been done. More and more, however, resort is being had to soft coal, crude oil and other fuels adaptable to household use. Makers of equipment for such use are enjoying considerable activity...
From the Argentine came news of a new mammal, the kangarfox, with a body like a kangaroo, a cat's head, the fur of a fox and "the soft, melancholy eyes of a Jersey cow." It climbs like a squirrel, dives like an otter, is amphibious, nocturnal, omnivorous. Said The Boston Transcript, referring to the man who reported this quaint creature: "Weaker men, men with lower standards of truth, might have tried to fob you off with a cock and bull story of how the kangarfox holds the Argentinian record for quick typewriting and is the best polo player...
...Which engine is superior in speed, in accuracy? A hypothetical question, surely; one that might be debated i Erewhon on Midsummer Day, with Walter Travis expatiating kindly to Amos Rusie, Izaak Walton put-tnig in a gnarled, shy word, and the laughter of Robin Hood foaming clear and soft like the ale in his cup. Or fancy Lou Gehrig, Yankee first baseman, Leo Diegel, Canadian open golf champion, Edwin F. Harkins, famed fisherman, and Er. Paul W. Crouse, champion U.S. bow and arrower, indulging in a contest over a set distance, the archer to hit a 12-inch target...