Word: stared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sandy distances of west Texas; forsythia blossomed under budding trees from New England to the Northwest, and golden California poppies dotted the fields near Los Angeles. Highways everywhere echoed to the wham-wham-wham of people tearing along at a cunning five miles above the speed limit to stare at flowers...
...sought out Merindol, fixed the penpusher with a cold stare. "I read your article," he said, "and I resent it. People in the Quarter are beginning to call me a 'dried fruit' and 'ancient vegetable...
...unashamed reworking of a formula that has been familiar to Joan Crawford's fans for a couple of decades. The tired old plot is in no way improved by Joan's new hairdo, which is blonde and unbecoming. Sydney Greenstreet, with his lashless, inscrutable stare, is no whit different from what he has been in a dozen similar roles. As usual, he gets the dirtiest end of the dialogue. Sample, as Joan pulls a gun on him: "I should have spit you out the first time you lit between my teeth...
Frankfurter, speaking from a low crouch, cited the famous Colorado vs. Wyoming case (1922) to back up his point. "I might also mention stare decisis, ex parcel post, and hic haec...
Four Things. ". . . Now the challenge has come. The churches, with a poorly equipped ministry which has more worldly wisdom than true self-knowledge and spirituality, are simply unprepared to meet the situation. Dangers and unprecedented opportunities to demonstrate the power of the Gospel, both stare in the face of the churches...