Word: dinned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While American attention has been riveted upon the common European scene and, to a lesser extent, upon the Pan-American peace efforts, some fire-crackers have been competing unsuccessfully in the din. Yet they are worth noticing, for almost any one of them may be linked in series with a world-shaking bomb...
...lady, who is pleasantly ruffled by Gil Lamb, the man with the ludicrously disjointed skeleton. Bert Lahr is everything comical from the outdoor man who rhapsodizes on the uses of wood, to the juggler of jazz who squeezes all the latest kinder-gartenish pranks in noise into one amazing din. But the array is next to infinite, with Paul Haakon dancing, Gracie Barrie singing, and an abundant troupe of resplendent beauties trapsing about in the most enticing outfits. The entertainment, being far from uniform, is also not uniformly good. "De gustibus" you know, and what looks like joyous lustiness...
...Berquist surged forward out of the station crowd to shake the Landon hand as Lexingtonians whooped with pride, A driving rainstorm beat the Landon special to Omaha by a few minutes. Leaving his private car, the Kansas Governor climbed up on a baggage truck and shouted above the din: "This is a grand welcome and this rain is the finest thing I've seen this summer...
Affecting the science of Traffic Control is one uncontrollable element-aroused public opinion. At present, after a notable din of propaganda started by J. C. Furnas' And Sudden Death (TIME, Aug. 12, 1935), public opinion gives evidence of being permanently aroused. Largely because of this permanent safety drive, automobile fatalities for the first five months of 1936 are 3-5% less than last year...
...backward glances, good reasons for avoiding a clear look at his own past behavior. Helen and Anthony are making carefree love on the roof when a grotesque accident violently deflects the course of their lives. A dog falls from an airplane flying overhead. "A strange yelping sound punctuated the din of the machine. Anthony opened his eyes again and was in time to see a dark shape rushing down towards him. He uttered a cry, made a quick and automatic movement to shield his face. With a violent but dull and muddy impact, the thing struck the flat roof...