Word: clapsed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The early response was fairly encouraging. A thousand people gathered near the tracks to hear him at Crestline, Ohio; at Fort Wayne, Ind., 3,000 turned out. He was respectfully received-although at Gary, Ind., a woman in a floppy hat shouted: "Hello,. Harry. I'm from Independence. I...
Ever since the first claps of atomic thunder sounded two years ago, some Christians have been poring over the Book of Revelation, searching for portents and parallels. "Apocalyptic" has become an easy and much overworked word. But to theologians, the possibility-and perhaps imminence-of the world's destruction...
Then, to the accompaniment of eerie music and the sound of loud explosions, a succession of breathless news announcers pleaded with Parisians not to panic. "You are helpless in any case," they added. They begged listeners to remain calm "even if you see sudden flashes in the sky, hear claps...
To the two-storied, mahogany-and-marble walled caucus room on the Senate Office Building's third floor came representatives of scores of national organizations, leaders of church, education and women's groups, leaders of the vanishing fringe of die-hard nationalists, many a listening Congressman, many a...
The Indispensables. All the world's great opera houses have claques, and the Met's is typical. Directed by a chief and a staff of skilled lieutenants, it is composed of ham-handed waiters, barbers and ex-musicians who stand at strategically dispersed positions at the back of...