Word: windblown
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...most of which were his famed snow studies, demonstrated that he was an accomplished limner of other subjects as well. Sidling crabwise around the exhibit's two rooms, gallery-goers noted that Etcher Young skilfully shows his snow in three varieties: 1) wet, soft and falling; 2) powdery, windblown; 3) frozen. Like all good etchers Artist Young was able to make pleasing esthetic capital of his bare, black trees, winterset in the tranquil snowscapes. Contrasted were plates from the conventional etcher's portfolio of boats, birds, shorelines, woodland vistas...
...other entrants had 76. Headlines went to Bobby Cruickshank, Whiffey Cox and Charley Lacey who led the field; to Lawson Little, just back from winning the British Amateur, who broke his favorite driver and made a feeble 83; to the fact that no one in the windblown field of 149 players managed to equal...
Public Man. Elmer Thomas won the vantage point where he became the legal sponsor of these drastic acts by his own type of doggedness. His well-barbered white hair, businesslike dress, calm manner, conversational public speeches bear no resemblance to the traditional windblown locks, flapping coat tails, and fiery eloquence of the silver-tongued demagog. It is true that his first political campaign, conducted in his native Indiana when he was still at the unripe age of 19, consisted of 28 stump speeches in support of William ennings Bryan. But he did not choose to imitate Bryan. In 1901, aged...
...rumors have been afloat that seem to add weight to the presumption that there is a law in this country which prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors. Rumor also substantiates the claim that in some cases this law has actually been enforced. Whether these preposterous rumors are merely the windblown results of clever journalism or whether there is a porky truth lurking within this hill of beans it is impossible to say Certainly, before the Federal Government forms another sub-committee, it would be wise for all concerned to look into this matter. After all, if it were definitely proved...
...British R-34's fast flight was from New York to England, and over a windblown distance 800 miles less than the Graf Zeppelin's return trip...