Word: wanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little men, naked to the waist, confronted each other in Madison Square Garden, Manhattan. It was easy to see who would win. One was as wan as if he had spent his life loitering with La Belle Dame Sans Merci beside her autumnal lake, her birdless woods; his face was drawn, his body lean almost to emaciation. He was a young Jew, the challenger. Opposite him stood a diminutive but hirsute Italian, his eyes as fierce as the dark lakes of Il Pitrgatorio, his round muscles bulging under his sleek brown skin. He looked truly what he was-the bantamweight...
There is a term that little fellows on losing teams may possibly in the future apply to the athletes of the Massee Country School (Shippan Point, Conn.). One of the latter may knock out run after run on a spring afternoon or, when November has turned the leaves wan, may carry a begrimed ball for endless gains; even so, he shall not come to honor. For the little fellows and their supporters will murmur among themselves. "That guy, how does he get in?" they will demand of the spring sky, of the autumn clouds. The Massee School's headmaster...
Arriving with a cold and a headache in the gay Capital of France, which received him most ungaily, he proceeded to defend his confrère. The two Premiers had a heart-to-heart talk. After various conferences, Mr. MacDonald was seen with a wan smile, for his exertions on behalf of Edouard had caused him excessive fatigue. He declared that neither he nor the French Premier was a magician-"we cannot wave a wand and accomplish miracles." But he declared that they were both, substantially, in agreement...
...such as fit most aptly to his purposes: a modern novel spared. Philosophies and passions are expounded in dialogue that wisely never tries to sound like human talk. He has discovered a way of simplifying subleties that makes them stark and stubbornly incisive; and even his intensest episodes embody wan denial of emotion...
...University gymnasts were defeated by the Yale gym team on Saturday, March 25, at New Haven, by the score of 34 12 to 19 1-2. This wan the final meet of the season, in which there were four defeats and no victories. Coach Hans Neudorf has had to work with a squad composed almost entirely of inexperienced men this year, but a great deal more success is expected for next year, as four letter-men will return then...