Word: feverish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brief rest prescribed by his doctor. He went straight to the airport, boarded the Sacred Cow for a flight to the Key West naval base.* His first day there, the President began wiping out the faint traces of strain from his Mexican trip and the feverish conferences on Greece by breaking a habit: he got up at 8 a.m. instead of his usual...
...that bad. China's largely agricultural economy has not much to do with foreign-exchange fluctuations in Shanghai. But the latest slump in the Chinese dollar, aggravated by inept Chinese Government public relations and feverish reporting, was bad enough...
Marring slightly the picture of "feverish enthusiasm" reported elsewhere were returns in Dudley Hall and Winthrop House. Thirty-five commuters has exercised their franchise as of last night...
Actually he is an amiable, approachable man with a dry, friendly wit, who likes to talk and mix whiskey with his soda. He is not a cold fish; nor is he filled with feverish excitement. His temperature is normal. He is a self-disciplined man who is very sure of himself...
Readers will find this collection a good sampling of the word magic and feverish, often fervent passions that have won Dylan Thomas his present place in English poetry. Ballads, sonnets, unorthodox "visions" and "prayers"-all are dedicated to sensual man and a triumphant joie de vivre...