Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...after frugally breakfasting on bread and butter, porridge and coffee, out for a walk went Finland's George Washington or First President (1919-25)-Professor Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg. With him walked his wife. Esther, one of Finland's ablest female novelists. Scarcely were they out of sight of their house than they were whisked at pistol-point into an automobile, hurtled all day and all evening over the soggy, rutty Finnish roads toward the Russian border. When the car ran out of gasoline 60 mi. from Russia, the kidnappers jumped out, left Dr. and Mrs. Stahlberg to walk...
...First sight to make the passengers crane their necks was the grey mass of the Federal Penitentiary, three miles east of their northeasterly course. Less than 15 min. later loomed a greater landmark- Stone Mountain, where an air beacon flashes above the monster unfinished carvings for the Confederacy memorial...
...receive the Royal plaint. There was no "hand out" to the press. Alone "The Thunderer" (the London Times} spoke in editorial guise a piece personally approved if not actually written by George V. Excerpts: "There seems reason to doubt whether His Majesty even knows Sir Isaac by sight. . . . "His Majesty must have been placed during the last few days in a position which is in accord neither with constitutional usage nor common courtesy. . . . "Sir Isaac's name was apparently submitted without alternative and without that preliminary consultation which formed an essential part of the procedure of the past...
...sail her both ways. He had advertised for a crew and managed to get eight men. Five of them had worked on Enterprise in the races. Stimulated by success, they were ready for more adventures. The anchor was stowed below decks and everything battened down. Before they lost sight of Nantucket Light-ship the sea freshened. The cook got seasick, the barometer went down. It looked as if there might be trouble. Captain Irving Johnson took some notes of that wild homeward journey of the little boat, a 19-day trip through seven fearful storms that amounted practically...
...talks of his great plans; no money comes in. But the faithful partner always arrives in the nick of time, bringing helpful packages. While Romeo scans the market reports and his wife washes the dishes, he amuses the twins by acrobatic stunts. Finally Romeo is fed up with the sight of his face and leaves the house in a rage. He returns a little later, a little cooler, only to find his wife practicing well-remembered tricks with her old partner. At that there is an explosion. When the smoke clears away you see the great singer raucously peddling fruit...