Word: sparkly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...than the war as related by any participator. With this in mind, then, it is not hard to understand the annoyance of anybody who experienced the War from the German side, at seeing a representation of a perhaps distortedly realistic and gruesome version of the war, stripped of any spark of heroism or glamor, pass as the version typical to all German soldiers. With the film they felt Remarque ceased to be the author of the plot and instead it was a rather caricatured Germany that held the responsibility. With that feeling guiding their thoughts, it is easily conceivable that...
Chrysler Motors has many innovations. Chrysler cars include two new eights which have been on the market since July. These and a new six have been furnished with a European-type, V front radiator. They have automatic spark control; dual high gear (four speed) transmission, radio-wired roof and dashboard, permanent bearing & bushing lubrication by a new substance called Oilite...
...marksman (manager of victorious U. S. trap-shooters in the 1924 Olympic Games), he keeps at Pelican Lake his countless trophies and his guns, among them a $2,000 elephant gun. Also he maintains there a zoo. In his editors, Publisher Fawcett insists upon what he calls "the divine spark." If one must be discharged, it is with reluctance-"to have his divine spark adjusted...
...Marmon is specially proud. It has 210 h.p., will attain 100 m.p.h. Salesmen say it goes ten miles per gallon of gasoline. Production will start early next year, might have been delayed longer had not the 16-cylincer Cadillac come out. The car will sell at around $5,500. Spark and throttle are not on the steering wheel but on the dash. Radiator and gas tank cap are hidden. On the hubcaps the buyer may have either the name of the car or a dash of lightning. For the first time in history, one man designed the entire...
Though wily John Chapman is the only oldtime bicycle rider who has become important in promoting races, many other men now-famed in quieter trades were once pedalers. Some are: George Collett, father of National Woman's Golf Champion Glenna Collett; the late Albert Champion, A. C. Spark Plug man; Howard ("Poke") Freeman, cartoonist on the Newark Evening News; Worthington Longfellow Mitten, Davenport, Iowa, builder of bicycles. And many men still famed above everything else for their cycling days have done well in quieter trades. Frank Kramer, 18 times U. S. sprint champion, is police commissioner of East Orange...