Word: vigil
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Chest." Because Leticia is part of Colombia by treaty right, the sending of Colombian warships, troops and battle planes to recover it is not regarded in Colombia as even remotely an act of war. Many Colombians are convinced that a certain "Mr. Vigil" who owned a property near Leticia called "La Victoria" caused all the trouble by threatening the Colombian Government that unless it bought his property for some $80,000 he would incite Peruvians to seize Leticia. Colombians further believe that their Government refused to be blackmailed, that Mr. Vigil made good his threat. With ease the Colombian Treasury...
...late hour last night no untoward happenings had been reported, although the officers were prepared to continue their vigil throughout the night. Orders issued from police headquarters instructed the men on guard to make themselves as inconspicuous as possible, and ordered divisional squad cars to pass the places under guard at short intervals...
...ferry. Just as the Morrow car rolled onto the boat, alert attendants slammed a gate in front of the newshawk's car. The birth-watchers telephoned their city desks that evidently the Lindbergh baby was to be born in Manhattan. Skeptical city editors scoffed, warned against "alibis." The vigil continued. One morning last week Colonel Lindbergh cheerily telephoned his "approved" press (all but Hearstpapers and tabloids) that a son had been born. Later he issued a formal appeal for privacy "to permit our children to lead the lives of normal Americans." The Press gratefully accepted the notice, put rewrite...
Unlike the last time the party invaded Chicago to nominate Warren Gamaliel Harding after a midnight meeting in the Blackstone Hotel, there were no bustling headquarters of rival aspirants for candidacy. Onetime Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland kept a lone vigil with a pair of stenographers in a suite at the Congress, ridiculously hopeful of a boon which the party leaders downstairs on the mezzanine floor had not the slightest intention of bestowing upon him. Marshall Field & Co. displayed a collection of small elephants. Loop district street lights were decorated with the party symbol on bunting. But throughout...
...Sourland Mountain the Lindberghs kept an unhappy vigil, passed what would perhaps be their last Easter in their new home. It was reported that whether their child comes back or not, they will sell and move because of Sourland Mountain's painful associations...