Word: berserk
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Sacked City. Outside Parliament the demonstrators were joined by "ruffians and street boys, pickpockets and prostitutes." As the carriages carrying peers and M.P.s began to arrive, this mixed mob went berserk. The great Edmund Burke received no worse than shrieks of "obscene invective," but the Duke of Northumberland was beaten up, the Lord Chief Justice stripped of his wig. The Bishops of Lincoln and Lichfield were "plastered with mud and excrement"; the Archbishop of York was shoved about until he agreed to cry out "No Popery...
...stage version, tinkles with a profusion of grace notes that, in skillful hands, can often substitute for a full score. The pace, thanks to Vincente Minnelli's direction, is Pall Mall. Comedienne Kendall cocks an eyebrow clear up into her hairline, twists her mouth into something resembling a berserk rubber band, fixes her rival with a saccharine smile that fairly oozes gore. Actor Harrison, whether falling asleep on his feet during the national anthem or grunting amorously to a sofa pillow, still reigns as king of his wacky parlor empire, but an enormously talented queen has moved in close...
...eventful fortnight, Levant was negotiating with both CBS and NBC to go transcontinentally berserk on network next fall; he was also ranting affably with moviemakers interested in producing his screen biography. Of the recent turns in his labyrinthine career, Oscar offered a candid self-appraisal: "In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but, at my best, unapproachably great...
...honor, she has fled with Eric. "Let's not question our flesh," he tells her, "for wanting to remain flesh." Thereupon he bends the oar for a not very merry England, where after interminable bouts of slashing and bashing, swilling and swiving, everybody seems to go positively berserk with happiness-except possibly the adult members of the audience...
...gave him money out of their own pockets for cab fare to the terminal. He never got there, but stayed drunk in a downtown hotel, was soon back at the hospital, coughing blood and fevered (103°), pleading for readmission. He won it. After a few days he went berserk, terrorized the ward, smashed furniture and equipment, gashed his thigh with scissors. After more such self-inflicted wounds, Lamphere was committed to a mental hospital. He escaped...