Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When M. Pashitch returned from his conference with King Alexander he went straight to bed. Later he tossed and moaned, became unconscious. His physicians, hurriedly summoned, found that an artery in the brain of M. Pashitch had burst. There was no hope. The right half of the brain was already paralyzed. To relieve the blood pressure and permit M. Pashitch to recover consciousness for a few minutes external bleeding was induced by an incision. For an instant he rallied, recognized his daughter and whispered something as she bent over him. Then Death came in a red mist. Jugoslavia had lost...
...Senator from Nebraska, an old-fashioned man with ruffled grey hair, is the leader of the insurgent, if any Senator can be called such, now that "Old Bob" LaFollette is dead. From the farm Mr. Norris went through teaching and the law to Congress. In 1910 his fame burst like a Nebraskan sunflower when he led the fight in the House that overthrew the dictatorship of Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon (TIME, Nov. 22). Since 1913 he has been in the Senate. He admits no Republican or Democratic or third party prejudices; no mind but his own controls his booming voice...
...Floating University aboard the S. S. Ryndam, bound around the world (TIME, Sept. 27). They had, they admitted, rushed the guards at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, in their eagerness to see the unoccupied royal suite, held sacred to the Mikado and his family or visiting royalty. They had burst the imperial doors off their imperial hinges, sat on imperial chairs, lounged on imperial lounges. They had stormed a Buddhist temple, torn down an image, encountered Tokyo police and engaged in a street brawl. The U. S. consul, irate, had thereafter refused to receive Dean Lough of the Floating Unversity...
There was a burst of applause, the applause that always follows this speech, no matter where delivered, or by whom. This time the deliverer was Governess Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. The occasion was the opening of a new Gimbel Brothers department store, in Philadelphia. Three generations of the Messrs. Gimbel and their wives applauded. "The store," Governess Ross said, "is a tribute to womankind." It is also, of course, a place for a woman's money...
...which he had held by force, and Señor Diaz was elected. Instant Recognition. U. S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg assumedly heaved a sigh of relief at the turn of Nicaraguan affairs, last week, for he immediately extended recognition. President Diaz, tactful, was moved in a burst of gratitude to the U. S. to sanction the long mooted sale of 51% of the stock of the Nicaragua National Bank to the Guarantee Trust Co. of Manhattan, an institution which has more than once made history in Latin America. Said President Diaz, to blast any suspicion...