Word: boom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Boom Cross-Country at Ithaca...
...endorse a man who endorses Wilsonism. It also shows that in the long run public opinion is foolproof and cannot be changed overnight by any campaign methods, especially those that make use of ridicule and bitterness at the expense of finding out what people want. The Republicans here can boom the final weeks of the political campaign with the knowledge that most Harvard men are back of them...
...first night in a "model" mining town outside of Cleveland. The hour was approaching five and I noticed that children on the street ceased to play, the women on the door steps stopped talking and awaited in terrible silence. Then, at five exactly the mine whistle began to boom.--One, two and then, three. The tension was over. There would be work tomorrow. Smiles came back to the faces of the women and the children began to play again...
Prominent speakers to Boom Revival...