Word: splash
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...business had made a difference right there, he noted as he reached the House. The fellows standing around the janitor's office had no stripes on theirs--just plain black neckerchiefs. The only variations in the blue and black color scheme were on the sleeve or in the splash of color above the breast pocket...
...Spencer, first into action was the forward 3-in. gun. A splash foamed beyond the submarine. Another was closer. The port 3-incher roared. Big 5-in. guns fore & aft plowed furrows of water near the U-boat. The air reeked of cordite fumes. Black dust and smoke settled over the Spencer's decks and hung in the air. Stocky, gruff Captain Harold Sloop Berdine kept his ship on a course that gave the gunners a maximum chance...
...with a rush into the sky above. Now the planes were roaring 50 feet above the water; now the target was dead ahead. Now the bombardiers pushed their buttons, and now the big, dark mines, each weighing 1,500 pounds, tumbled from the planes. Some landed with a splash in the water; some hit the dams fair & square. When the roar of their explosions had subsided, the sustained, deeper roar of pent-up waters, suddenly released, struck terror into the hearts of those below...
...dull gallery walls were aflame with pictures of orange and crimson plazas in Valparaiso and Santiago. Luis Herrera Guevara, a Chilean "primitive" painter of great splash & dash, was having his first U.S. exhibition, in Manhattan. He showed sailing boats in a topsy-turvy port, ornate buildings with leaning façades, a bus looking like an enlarged caterpillar, a self-portrait revealing a jaundiced gentleman with jet hair. Critics were enchanted. They could not fail to make comparisons with the pigmental innocence and charm of France's late, great "primitive" Henri "Douanier" Rousseau...
...Senators watched in curious silence as Madame Chiang walked down the aisle of the Senate Chamber. They saw a still face with big dark eyes. They saw a slim, straight figure in a black Chinese gown, with here a tiny splash of jade, there a black sequin's understated sparkle. Madame Chiang stepped to the rostrum, listened as Vice President Wallace introduced her, shot a smile at the Senators, and then, after apologizing for not having a set speech, knocked their silvery blocks off extemporaneously...