Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...forms moved near a chapel in Washington, D. C. Others joined them, vanished within the edifice. Came more dark forms, loitering, hurrying, in quiet pairs, in loud-talking squads. All passed into the edifice. Two hours later, the chapel opened, the dark forms poured forth an impromptu parade. Song burst out, punctuated with shouts, as the paraders marched. Placards were hoisted aloft, reading: "What is this going to be- an army or a university?"; "Before we will be slaves we will be in graves"; "Don't be an Uncle...
...Night Club. Raymond Griffith is just about to burst out as one of our chief comedians. He is not cross-eyed, his feet are mates, he does not hide behind a beard, his clothes fit. He is an actor who can eat up a funny situation without spilling it on his vest. 'The Night Club is an aimless burlesque . through which he wears a high silk hat. Though the plot is not vital, what there is of it deals with a will whereby the happy bachelor must marry a cer tain girl...
...Advocate very graciously gave them a copy. Just as trouble seemed to be brewing, an editor burst in, and, sizing up the situation, hastened to explain matters. An appeal was made to the intellectual capacities of the policemen, and it was confidentially explained that the parody was offered as a literary parody for cultured people...
...fierce wind that it would rip still further. Men went aloft in sailor style, lowered a rope ladder over the bow, gather up the loose ends of the flapping cover and bunched them , together. They made untidy balls but prevented the fabric from ripping further. In the first burst of the gale, the ship traveled stern first for many miles, rolling constantly and threatening to head down into the water while the crew worked in life belts. Even when the return journey was possible, she sailed painfully at not more than ten miles an hour over the rough sea. When...
...visitor was so impressed that he burst forth in verse, using ingenious outvotes to bolster up the muse...