Word: thrusting
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...Chronicle deems it an honor To give to you Mrs. O'Connor; Ourself, we shall go When ideas run low To thrust all our problems upon...
...gunner aboard the U. S. S. Wyoming, engaged in war games off San Clemente Island, took his ramrod to seat a shell in the breech of a 5-in. gun which was participating in a barrage to cover a landing party of Marines. The gunner's thrust was his last. As he shoved home the shell, up with a roar went the breech in a great red flare of flame and blood against the blue. "I saw one boy sort of drift past me," recounted a survivor, "floating through the air, half of his head shot off, and land...
Consequently House athletics are less well organized than they might be; partly because they were originally intended to be informal and partly because the Houses have thrust the job upon the H.A.A. Two questions therefore arise: First, should House sports be more thoroughly organized or should they continue to show the delightful insouciance that marks them today when so many League games are "lost by default"? Secondly, if more organization is desirable, should the Houses assume the responsibility as at first proposed or should they simply relieve the H.A.A. of the interdiction laid upon it and leave further organization...
...Avenue" is a good show suffering from a slight attack of miscasting. It contains an unspeakably rich heroine who alternates between haughtiness and condescension, and that part is thrust upon Madelcine Carrol. Miss Carrol is an excellent actress, and having made the transition from English society to Hollywood, she is able to adapt herself to almost anything. Still, there is always the shade of an indication that she is stooping and knows it. She has suffered worse at the hands of other heroes than Dick Powell, and she suffers to perfection. But previously her sufferings have been noble; the petty...
...left of the door, Alberich's hand reaches for the Rhine gold, while the hands of the Rhine Maidens attempt to restrain him. At the right is the curse of the Ring, the mailed fist thrust through the Ring and holding a sword, which symbolizes the threat of destruction with fire and sword by those who wield the power of the Ring...