Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rome, too, there was a battle. Into the lassitude of falling autumn leaves burst the garish colors of election posters, the shrill sounds of political hoodlumism. One night, when right-wing Socialist Matteo Matteotti tried to speak in a shabby Rome suburb, Communists attacked him and knocked him to the ground (he is the son of Giacomo Matteotti, the Socialist martyr killed by Mussolini's thugs in 1924, whom the Communists still treat as an idol). Another evening, Communists cornered a group of young Christian Democrats. One Catholic youth of 22 was kicked, beaten and knifed to death...
Most susceptible to the male menopause are active men "with important responsibilities." In acute cases, they may suddenly lose ambition and interest in their work, begin brooding about losing their jobs, feel swamped by indecision and the weight of their responsibilities. They may become sentimental, burst into tears for no particular reason, long to be babied, have less sexual desire and capacity, contemplate suicide. They may dream disturbing dreams, wake up more tired than when they went to bed, complain of aches & pains all over the body (a characteristic symptom: pains in the back of the neck that radiate...
...Charles Francis Adams, a gentle monotony may make the attention wander. It is not surprising, then, that the most pleasant moment in the book is an interlude. Amory takes time out for, a full chapter to tell the story of the Parkman-Webster murder case, which almost burst a blue blood-vein of proper Boston in 1849. Giving the account with subdued excitement, he advances step by step through, what he calls America's classic murder case, and proves himself an excellent writer of narrative...
...unexpected explanation of the recent frenzied Russian behavior this week burst from the lips of Andrei Vishinsky...
...Canada," said External Affairs Minister Louis St. Laurent a fortnight ago in a fine burst of international spirit, "will be confronted with new . . . responsibilities" in the U.N. One of them would be helping to settle such problems as that of Palestine...