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...perfect conductor of light. Light from a match or pocket flash at one end of a fused quartz rod 25 feet long passed through the tube without appreciable loss of illumination. Further, the light travels intact through bent and twisted tubes, around corners, no matter how long or devious the way, just as a hose carries water...
...ordinary steel. There are, however, one or two consolatory features. From being the defense of the aristocratic few, sword-play, by means of fencing, has developed into a form of pleasurable exercise for the many. It is no longer necessary to wonder, when one sees an opponent's blade flash forward, whether the steel will lodge between the second and third ribs or between the fourth and fifth, as is the Sicilian custom; but merely in what manner the artistic parry one had in mind was so neatly deceived...
...left opened to admit the representatives of the faculty. Deans, department heads, and professors-emeritus followed in long array, each man in cap and gown, wearing the scarf of colored silk which betokened his degree. To the somber black of frock coats and black gowns was added the flash of scarlet, blue, and orange as this group of distinguished scholars and educators took their seats upon President Eliot's left...
...line-up destroys teamwork, for he shoots every time be gets the ball regardless of his teammates positions. He is the possessor, however, of an uncanny eye, and he has caged his long-distance goals consistently enough to prove that his showing against Harvard was not a lucky flash...
Kerensky is a moody man; he broods and broods for hours on end, "with his yellow-green eyes half closed." Then, suddenly, something snaps within him, "an enthusiasm stirs his deep spiritual organism," his face changes, his forehead "grows higher and broader," the yellow-green eyes flash-the man speaks. Once Kerensky spoke for twelve hours without stopping. Senor Ibañéz, after seeing him, thought he could speak for 24 hours and not be in the least affected. Said he: "The Russian has a mouth like a codfish . . . and a voice like a cross between a megaphone...