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Word: mad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...persecution with which they have repaid her. She declares that she is now turning from the Christ of Forgiveness, having found no mercy among His followers. She reviles her tormentors' pale, cruel faces and pale, spiteful lives. Daughter of a hot-blooded race which, when betrayed, goes mad and strikes, she cries out that she loathes herself for having been brought to childbed by one of them, as an eagle might loathe itself for having been crawled upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 4, 1937 | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

...daring young man who was the U. S. literary trapeze sensation of 1934. Author Saroyan is "delighted to announce that this book is not worth two dollars and fifty cents. An autographed copy of this book is not worth two dollars. ..." Readers whom Saroyan does not make mad will find 3 Times 3 worth reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Jan. 4, 1937 | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

...corpse, a laborer. By the time Pierre reaches France the Germans are advancing. He joins the army, deserts again when near his home, is arrested, recognized by a brother officer, released, swept up in the retreat, reaches Renée just ahead of the German troops. He finds Armand mad, his wife an old woman. Piling his family into a passing wagonload of corpses, he carts them to safety, only to have Renée and Armand killed by a chance shell far behind the lines. Pierre goes as crazy as the rest of his family, babbling that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Evil Demons | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

Between the committee, the "Mad Monocyclists," John C. Develin '88 and Henry S. Stone '88, will combine juggling and serobsites on their one wheeled vehicles. Selections by the orchestra and the chorus of is voices will close the program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS HOUSE FEATURES PLAYS | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...Fishermen, however, came out shooting-mad in the second half. Calling their shots with amazing accuracy, they remained a constant threat even in the final minute of play. Only late field goals by Murray and Barrett saved the day for the home team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED BY PENN IN LEAGUE OPENER | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

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