Word: illness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Naples, the Prince took a train to Rome. At Rome he was welcomed into the bosom of his family. Ill, Premier Mussolini could...
That winter, he lay ill in Charles Brown's house, languid with fever, able to write but little and consumed with longing for Fanny Brawne, whom he could not always see, though she lived so near. His doctor bled him often, fed him little; his illness grew fast. At last, after separation from Fanny in which he tor tured himself and her with jealous suspicions,* his friend Severn took him to Italy, nursed him through his last weeks. Wrote Severn: "He says words that tear out my heartstrings, 'Why is this ... I can't understand this' ? and then...
Effort is made to avoid these ill effects by having men who work under heavy air pressure gradually removed from it; but ever and again, through accident or carelessness, it occurs...
...Zbyszko over his head, tossed his 217 pounds through the ropes. After 22 min. 49 sec. of wrestling, Zaikin refused to continue. Why? asked the referee. Zbyszko, Zaikin explained, had been secretly sticking his large forefinger into his, Zaikin's, ear-a method of attack which he could ill brook, since the ear had recently been operated on. The crowd, eager to believe itself cheated, booed. The referee gave the decision to Zbyszko...
Skepticism concerning the future of the American Woolen Co. has for a long time been current among business men generally, and Wall Street stock traders in particular. The resignation (TIME, Sept. 15) of William M. Ward as President, although undoubtedly due to the stated cause of ill-health, aroused further concern. Finally, the annual report of the Company for 1924 appeared as a fitting climax. It showed that the Company had had the worst year since its organization...