Word: hotly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will compose the score of a new musical comedy for the producers of Lady, Be Good. Soprano excitement abruptly galvanized the telephone at the young man's elbow: he began to address its black aperture. "Yes," he said, "this is Gershwin. . . . No, no, it's too hot. ... . I'm going away for the weekend. ... I can't see anyone" Smiling, he hung up the receiver, tossed a last striped shirt into his bag. It was sometimes a nuisance, but he could not honestly pretend that it bored him, this growing public interest in his movements...
...dank fastnesses of the jungle along the banks of the Rio Parima, towards whose source the white men were hacking their way,, stirred unearthly strains. "Debbils," groaned the natives. "Station KDKA, Pittsburgh," chortled the expedition's justly proud radio expert, John Swanson. A deep, pontifical voice broke the hot silence. "That," explained the man with the ear phones, "is Judge Elbert H. Gary, of the U. S. Steel Corporation...
Colombia. For the third time this year the volcano of Galeras, near Pasto, opened its mouth and spewed rocks, ashes and other red-hot debris over the countryside. Great flames soared heavenwards. News from La Florida and Sonsaca, nearby towns, was interrupted. Fear was expressed that they had been destroyed...
Occasional cures are affected-in Hawaii, with Chaulmoogra oil; in the U. S. with injections of bichloride of mercury, with arsenic; X-ray treatment affects temporary relief. Lepers are daily boiled in hot baths; given strychnine; put on a diet. After a period of eight years, the disease sometimes vanishes...
...want to go home, I don't want to go home. The summer is hot, the winter is cold, I'm too young to be feeling so old. There'll be a tear in my eye When I bid old Cleveland goodby. Oh dear! I'd rather stay here, I don't want to go home...