Word: crouching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Emmett Lawrence was always on call, a rare and curious technician. He went to perform his unadvertised handiwork in most of the large Eastern cities. Among his placements were the two lions which crouch before the entrance of the New York Public Library. During 30 years of work, he never broke or marred a statue...
...players crouch. There is a hush. The ball is snapped. It strikes waiting hands and bobs away. An alert Chocolate figure seizes it. There he goes?toward two white posts 94 yards away. On and on and on?40 yards, 60 yards, 80? touchdown! The Chocolate wins...
Similar was the famed function of those ancient Roman slaves assigned to crouch in the chariot of each Conquering Proconsul as he enjoyed his Triumph. "Remember," the slave would whisper, "Remember thou art mortal!" Thus were swelled heads and rash, prideful deeds averted by an art now all but lost...
...falsely written. But she can pronounce her words and she does not need to make every line a dirge, humming or whistling it. Actress Barrymore said "mush" meaning "must," "wannering" meaning "wandering," and dropped all final dentals. Her voice became deeper as she grew older and she developed a crouch; otherwise her actions did not change. But near the end, the hungry little children in the orphanage cried "Hurrah for the Mother Superior" and, a few minutes later, so did the audience...
...there be light," says the light company; and wiry candles glitter in all the cities of the world, bulbs of light blossom in the street, lights are in the houses, there is gaiety behind bright windows and darkness, enormous, hungry and patient, is compelled to crouch under the ocean or in the corners of closets. All this is expensive and Lawrence F. Jones, a radio dealer, decided that the Brooklyn Edison Co. had charged him too much for lighting his shop. Accordingly, he refused to pay their bill...