Word: watching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conducted tests for prospective Douglas Fairbanks and Milton Sills in the Freshmen Gymnasium at 11 o'clock. After being lined up in parade fashion, they were marched by several First National reviewers, some ten of the most handsome and most striking were chosen, and the rest were left to watch the victims perform. Those, who were chosen, after watching the process of make-up being performed on two Brown undergraduates, who had been transported to Cambridge for that purpose, were then asked to remove their coats and prepare themselves for the paint. This latter was most lavishly spread...
...Manhattan, one Edward L. Stevens, of Tulsa, Okla., strolled peacefully along Ninth Avenue. Came hard Martin Maroney, tough Thomas McLaughlin, lethal Mike Santo, gangsters all, struck down Mr. Stevens, took from him a watch, a diamond...
...roles only for the very, very proficient amateur, be she pretty co-ed from Western Reserve University or temperamental coal baroness. It is still a non-profit-making community theatre, but with increased dramatic proficiency, the community interested has become increasingly specialized-almost a guild of onlookers to watch the guild of craftsmen...
...chief issue the King of England, swung his huge hams of fists, slung mud. Of his onetime intimate, Dr. Robertson, Mr. Thompson said: "The doc is slinging mud. I'm not descending to personalities, but let me tell you if you want to see a nasty sight you; watch Doc Robertson eating in a restaurant. Eggs in his whiskers, soup on his vest: you'd think the doc got his education driving a garbage wagon...
Then, later in the day, if the indomitable desire for culture still persist, the Vagabond can hasten back from Soldiers Field when the sun begins to glow comfortably in the late afternoon. If he has time, let him stop a minute on the Anderson Bridge to watch the oars dip and flash as an eight pulls up the Charles. He cannot linger long, however, for Mr. Forbes Watson, editor of "The Arts", will speak at 4.30 o'clock in the Lecture Room of the Old Fogg Art Museum on "Civilized Contemporary Painting from Cozanne to Picasso...