Word: jolts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Indianapolis Firpo staggered under the first serious blow he has encountered in the U. S.-a $2,000 jolt in the pocketbook from Jack Druley, who promoted his exhibition with Joe Downey, of Columbus, O. The furry financier, who saw this wallop coming when Druley paid only half of his $4,000 guarantee before the gong clanged, tried to dodge it by sulking in his corner and refusing to box more than four rounds unless the balance forthcame. This sulkiness prompted more than 10,000 Indianapolitans (already infuriated by Governor McCray's decree that the go must...
...comes as a jolt to many college men to discover that the knowledge they have acquired during their four years' course is not recognized in the business world as an "open sesame" to a high-salaried position...
...took a terrific jolt and cost the United States many million dollars to bring the government to realize the justice of their request. At last a generous subsidy bill has been introduced in Congress. It is yet to be seen how favorably the bill will be received. Even the expectation of such a subsidy, however, will unquestionably cause an immediate increase in the number of merchant ships operating in both coastwise and foreign trade...
...their parts, shaped them into such characters as the thinly sketched play permitted; had not only learned their "lines" without slip or hesi- tation, with well distributed emphasis and shadings, but also gave their speeches conversational air. The whole representation moved in brisk, elastic pace, free from stumble or jolt, from obvious patching and smoothing
...course this could only be achieved after such pioneers as Edward MacDowell and others literally died of broken hearts because of the hopelessness of their cause. Stubbornness, born of an innate intellectual complacency, is one of the hall-marks of the typical college professor, and it takes a mighty jolt to wake him into a state where he can see beyond the rim of his text books...