Word: aghast
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...away at refreshment time, found a snuggly nook behind the potted palms in the ballroom where the orchestra had been playing. Suddenly in the refreshment room where a hundred guests were dining, the loud speaker began to broadcast what was being said in the snugglery behind the potted palms. Aghast, "Snorks" pricked up her ears, realized that at least two reputations were at stake and dashed from the refreshment salon, locking the door behind her. Before the other guests could follow in whooping cry, "Snorks'' had warned the spooners, smuggled them out the back way, in a style reminiscent...
...Mediterranean, and to offset the 144,000 tons allowed Germany under the Treaty of Versailles. This program, if built, would give France not only the largest submarine fleet in the world, but a total naval ratio of 3-3-2 with Britain and the U. S. Observers were aghast, saw the possibility that instead of reducing armaments, Britain and the U. S. might have to indulge in a billion dollars worth of naval ship building. Admirals and statesmen conferred, President Hoover hurried north from Florida (see p. 13). At the last minute Prime Minister Tardieu dropped a hint. If Britain...