Word: foamings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...repeated White House whippings, cross at the loss of its vacation, is not an easy Congress to control. Toss it a controversial measure, keep it idling for several sizzling weeks while a bill is being concocted and such a Congress is more than apt to go on a rampage, foam at the mouth, kick over many a well-laid plan. The job of gentling the Senate, wiping the foam from its angry mouth and keeping it in harness also falls squarely upon the broad stableboy shoulders of Leader Robinson...
...epileptic uttering a loud shout and dropping like a log to the ground, face pale, eyes rolling, hands clenched, legs spread stiffly. After a few seconds, the epileptic's face goes dusky. He begins to jerk his arms, legs and body, roll his head, clamp his jaws, drool foam. Such an attack may last two or three minutes, after which the epileptic grows limp, breathes with a heavy rasp, drops into deep unconsciousness...
...their favorite among the 356 paintings exhibited. With a total of 1,920 votes, more than twice as many as its nearest competitor, the people's choice was Tropic Seas, by Frederick J. Waugh. Depicted in a solid, workmanlike way was a thoroughly banal study of green seas, white foam and brown rocks?a scene such as embellished the parlors of the country's leading hotels in the days when their elevators had ropes to start them...
...this time the George Washington's photographer had excitedly unlimbered his camera. He caught the foam-flecked wave that heaved up and tore off the right pontoon of the low swooping plane. As she floundered in a mountain of spray, Swedish Mechanic Henry ("Happy") Johnson was drowned, but within 50 minutes a smart boat crew had saved everyone else as both plane and camera sank. The can of film that had now cost an additional $70,000 was hauled back aboard the George Washington and Fox faced a possible lawsuit from the owners of the plane...
...weighed. The largest ship gained speed, as her new sails gave to the wind and filled. Lines drew taut, no longer came the tapping of loose roped upon slackened sails. The ripple in the harbor as the boats slid through the water widened as an arrow, and soon white foam frothed under the steep bows...