Word: dreadful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thought to be known fifty years ago, the fact that evolution has been going on and that many animal types have gone through definite stages of development can only be doubted by an individual who, like an ostrich, buries his head in the sand out of a vague dread that he may see something shocking...
Students who feel the reins of faculty supervision somewhat harsh and undemocratic, who stand in dread of the possibility of compulsory chapel, and who protest loudly at the meager allowance of cuts afforded by the department heads, might sleep a little easier and enjoy life a little more thoroughly after reading a few excerpts from the Harvard College regulations of 1734. Some of the most interesting--when viewed from this distant perspective--follow...
...danger of British propaganda in this country that I was beginning to wonder whether the descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers gathered here to celebrate the landing of their ancestors at Plymouth might not have feared that the presence of the British Ambassador tonight might bring with it some dread infection of the terrible disease known an Anglo-American friendship. It is, of course, a most dangerous malady and may lead to results almost too appalling to contemplate...
...fine things, such as new cloth for upholstering the furniture; then, by a natural impulse, she would touch the plush of the chair on which she sat and say to herself, 'But this is still very good.' " Her mother's arrival filled her with dread. "There was no true bond of affection between mother and daughter, and it is easy to surmise that they exchanged numerous letters before arriving at an agreement on a number of capital points, notably on the figure which Mrs. Elliot would concede as the price of her board and keep...
More than a year has sped by since, at Premier Mussolini's orders, the dread Mafia (or Black Hand organization) was hunted down on the island of Sicily, captured, jailed. For centuries the Mafia protected Sicilians while the island was under foreign rule. When Italy became unified in 1870, the Mafia (in reality a coalition of gangs) turned brigands and terrorized the island ruthlessly. Not until the advent of Signor Mussolini and his Fascist! has any government dared to put down their wholesale lawlessness, although many half-hearted attempts have been made...