Word: jarring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...coated figure of Old Man Prohibition. One cartoon showed him with a dishonorable discharge (1933) in his pocket, squatting under an umbrella in the halls of Congress; the heading said: "Tenting on the old Camp Ground!" (see cut, p. 23). He pointedly reminded Americans of their "noble experiment." To jar further the memories of the forgetful, the New York World-Telegram began reprinting news stories of the 19205. One from Aurora, 111.: "State dry agents today stormed the home of Joseph De King, 40, after bombarding it with gas bombs, killed Mrs. De King, 35, and clubbed her husband into...
...Nazis and send them to another camp to be bound, with 1,250 other Germans, in reprisal for the chaining of Canada's Dieppe raiders (TIME, Oct. 19). But the Canadians were so banged up in the fight (one man had his skull fractured by a jam jar) that they sent for reinforcements before attending to the 400 barricaded Nazis in Bowmanville. Said one guard with a shiner: "The Nazis are pretty good fellows generally, but they're cross as bears today...
...laden with supplies for Rommel. The lead planes were almost in position. Grant Parr of the New York Times "crouched in a niche just behind the forward cabin, leaning out over the open bomb bay." It was deathly cold, but he was too excited to notice. "With a slight jar our bombs fell away, seemingly far wide of their mark. Then momentum and wind drift whipped them in toward the transports like a fast curve breaking over the plate...
...this, but at the concrete bastion there had not yet been a sound. Then came the concussion. Even a mile away behind walls of concrete, there was a jerk, a jar and the observers felt as if Paul Bunyan had slapped them on the back...
...cabin, his labor, his prospects. They cleared and planted twice the past year's acreage. Settling up in the fall, Otis skinned the Negro so unmercifully that he drew a knife. Otis Town smashed in his skull with a singletree. Then he went to the cabin with a jar of vaseline and a piece of red ribbon, which he gave to the woman. Next winter, Mammy bore him a son and called...