Word: feverish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...next 30 seconds of full eclipse, the feverish cameramen got a movie record and 36 still pictures, some in color, of the corona. Exactly two minutes and 30 seconds later, the sun, smiling on Dr. Stewart's happy party, disappeared behind the clouds again...
...upset $66,170 race. Hoop Jr., three times second in three previous races over the Baltimore track, finished second and lame- 0 and 1 half lengths back. Far off last year's championship form (and his workout), Pavot ran an unexciting fifth, helped to make the feverish search for a three-year-old champion even harder...
...TIME'S pretensions and professed journalistic ideals face up to the unparalleled political situation that exists today: in 28 years Soviet socialism, the prelude to Communism, has unfurled its flag from Vladivostok to Berlin, Vienna, Belgrade and Bucharest. France and Italy are going Communist, in spite of the feverish behind-the-scenes efforts of British and Americans to prevent this "catastrophe." Most of Europe is going the same way. In China millions have embraced this creed. In fact, the Communists have organized groups in every nation of the globe - a worldwide movement. ... If a strong, free-enterprise America wishes...
...Shinto that fostered Japan's feverish nationalism. It was Shinto that inspired Article I of Japan's constitution, which says: "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal," and Article III, which says: "The Emperor is sacred and inviolable." It was Shinto that taught Japanese law students: "Subjects have no mind apart from the will of the Emperor." Shinto taught Japanese Army privates: "Those who, with the words 'Tenno Heika Banzai!' (May the Emperor live forever!) on their lips, have consummated a tragic death...
Disconcerting, at Least. Generals Bradley and Hodges had been surprised and caught off balance. They now seemed to expect more blows before the feverish explosion of enemy strength petered out. Until it did, they would probably yield in one place, try to hold in another, to make the push as costly for Rundstedt as they could. But U.S. casualties would rise as the drive was broken down...