Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Another disaster threatened last week when the Ohio river rose to the highest flood stage since 1913, burst its hanks, drove thousands from their homes, killed eight...
...absolutely worthless hat as rests upon its plush cushion in Boston as the Master Hat of Harvard, the result of a recent publicity stunt of a local humorous publication? The layman of the street, and his wife, stare at the apparition in its pose of state, and with a burst of derisive laughter say, "Oh! So that's what Harvard is like, is it?" Does this speak well of the College...
...fact that the French ministry is hesitating in its decision over a treaty which involves the liquidation of the Versailles restrictions on the Central Powers -- restrictions which left France tremendously powerful -- would tend to show not a sudden burst of altruism, but the effect of outside pressure. In short, Deladier and has advisers are afraid of the tacit coalition between England, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Hungary. That Italy is willing to cooperate with Great Britain seems quite logical, in consideration of the facts that the British fleet controls the Mediterranean, that MacDonald is holding out a tempting offer of colonies...
...obtuseness of the Teutonic mind, as it revealed itself in the last war, when by high-handed and stupid actions it swung American opinion over to the side of the Allies and finally brought us to intervention. Secondly, there is the fact that Hitler came to power through a burst of national hysteria and may have to retain power through hysterical procedures. He has used nationalism as a pretext; he may find that the flame will have to be fanned industriously if he is to remain its particular guardian...
Brawn triumphed when 30 bulge-muscled undergraduates burst into the Oxford Union and tore out of its minute book a resolution adopted 275 to 153: Under no circumstances will we fight for King and Country (TIME...