Word: toward
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dancing, shouting on a flat and barren plain in the dead of night. Revelers in. evening clothes uncorked champagne bottles for actresses who did not mind sitting on the grass. Peasants were satisfied with good red wine and longish sandwiches. Suddenly, at 3:15 a. m., the plainsfolk scampered toward other folk who cheered as a huge, ghostly bird emerged from a huger tent...
...Start. Dropping its landing gear to lessen its load, the White Bird skirted the southern coasts of England and Ireland, pointed its nose toward Newfoundland. It had no wireless. It was flying north of the usual steamship lanes. An angry wind from the west was beating in its face, slowing its speed. Expecting to reach New York in 35 hours, it carried only enough gasoline for 40 hours flying...
...step has been decided upon to strengthen the direction of the Chamber"?the election of a permanent chairman of the board of directors of the Chamber. More and more, as the Chamber has gained influence in the affairs of this country, initiative of its policies has drifted toward its executives...
...Manhattan, at teeming Seventh Ave. & 49th St., the sedan of E. Parmalee Prentiss, son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, plunged toward the curb, mounted the sidewalk, sent theatre crowds screaming and scurrying. Cause: Chauffeur James Reading dead of heart failure...
...plot, however, he has successfully overcome any dangerous tendencies toward skilful craftsmanship, and has turned out a most amazing burst of oozy sentiment. The jacket description of the plot follows: "Temporarily bored with civilization, its services, its ease and its sophisticatons, Walter Overlook breaks away from hs successful business in New York, and plays hookey in the Maine farming country, in the very house where he was born. After fifteen years he meets his boyhood sweetheart and finds her perfect in her country setting, but no longer of his world. This experience has an unexpected ending...