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Word: frantic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...easily guess at Mr. Dawes' long rage in the cab, but the sequel is if possible--more startling. Imagine, then, the taxi pulling up at the Capitol steps with a final burst of speed. Mr. Dawes jumps out and rushes up that long marble flight of steps in a frantic attempt to save the honor of his country. A voice halls him from below: "Hey, come back here, you owe me sixty-five cents!" Sheridan had his foam-flecked charger. Paul Revere his prancing make but for over and ever Dawes will be known by his Yellow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT HAPPENED TO DAWES? | 3/14/1925 | See Source »

...foreigners, the battle begun between Trotzky and Zinoviev is an episode in the great epic of the greatest revolution humanity has ever known. For us, the contest is nothing more than a frantic race in which each man, Trotzky and Zinoviev, seeks to arrive at the domination of Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Zinoviev | 2/23/1925 | See Source »

...game was a fast and rough one. The frantic dashes and harsh playing of Captain Lane of Dartmouth made him the outstanding figure of the afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTMOUTH 1928 FALLS BEFORE FRESHMAN SEXTET | 2/16/1925 | See Source »

Across the turbulent Atlantic the U. S. Senate's roar, irreconcilable and frantic, was heard (see Page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPARATIONS: Caligraphy | 1/26/1925 | See Source »

Florence Mills, who made sheer impudence an explosive factor of success, retains her frantic popularity. She is seconded by Shelton Brooks, Cora Green and Will Vodery's band. But it 'is the chorus that carries the motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Nov. 10, 1924 | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

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