Word: overlooking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...write a long-planned masterpiece. But although this part of their function should be encouraged, at the same time it is clear that they are most useful to undergraduates, for whom they were appointed, when working for them. Likewise, if their success is great, the University ought not to overlook any chance of turning them into instructors or tutors. The latest proposed extension of the Plan cannot promise a more practical approach to the stimulation of interest in American history and literature unless the Counselors are as available as possible for the student purblind to his America...
...aerial guides, could quickly be shut off in sections to provide emergency landing fields. But that is not all. The Snyder plan, which would be carried out by the Department of the Interior, calls for a vast airport at each of the 18 superhighway intersections. Nor does Representative Snyder overlook patronage possibilities. He would have the Government let the job to private contractors in sections no less than 10 miles long. Unlike Senator Bulkley, Congressman Snyder would run his superhighways through large cities, where votes are most plentiful. In fact, two of his superhighways rather obviously jog to make...
...fine as it is occasionally lugubrious. Walter Huston and Beulah Bondi, who are cast as Mr. Stewart's parents, impecunious Ohio settlers, bring dignity and feeling to their parts. A pseudo-historical epic, "Of Human Hearts" has many flaws, but is so sympathetic that one is inclined to overlook them. "Swing Your Lady," on the same bill, is not recommended...
...hear her say: "I'll swallow my pride and go to him"; after the first laugh Leslie Howard seems a bit silly to say, when a knock on the door finds him in the arms of his stage partner, "Your husband." Perhaps you are the kind who can overlook the bad and remember only the good; then, you will long enjoy such lines as the one by Mr. Howard kissing the lovely Olivia de Havilland, who at the same moment espies her rival Miss Davis looking on with great interest...
Modern All-American teams cannot possibly represent the best players in the country, Campbell stated. "When I played, football was just barely starting in the West and South. Now selectors have to take into consideration hundreds of teams all over the country. Naturally, they're bound to overlook good men in small colleges...