Word: winked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...actual fighter, that of the prosecution that though he had gone once to France since joining the Leftists, he returned voluntarily to rejoin their army. For two days the trial continued, then came the verdict: death. Scarcely was it delivered than the Attorney-Marques tipped his client a prodigious wink. A reprieve, already signed and sealed, was on its way over from General Franco's headquarters in the Bishop of Salamanca's palace...
...alive, Walker limped across the U. S. border with 34 survivors, surrendered to U. S. authorities. On trial in San Francisco for violation of the neutrality laws, Walker lied that he had intended no harm, won a prompt acquittal from a jury reflecting the public's readiness to wink at his kind...
...captivate a girleen," Byron continued in a raptured voice, "one must be really clever. He would do best, perhaps, to follow my few primitive rules. As a "locus operandi" take, for instance, the Charles: an excellent feeding ground. The first trick should be the undulation of the hand, the wink of the old eye, and a broad smile. If you walk the whole length of the bank and repeat these motions without any recognition, immediately change to the "information" method; approach a lass and ask her the whereabouts of Hunt Hall or the Union. That failing, borrow your roommate...
...like justice, is blind . . . but, the lady has been known to wink...
With Conway came others involuntarily--a palcontologist, a consumptive female, a rough public utilities swindler, and Conway's weak worldly brother. All except the last are won over to the Utopia. In the wink of an eye the blonde seems to lose her consumption and her hard shell; similarly, the other two relax into a happy existence. Conway himself sees a dream come true...