Word: madder
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conservative Milwaukee Journal (circ. 319,126): "We have a feeling that no one will take Senator McCarthy's question very seriously. Politically, he'd probably do a lot better charging Mr. Evjue with being what he is-a capitalist. It would probably make Mr. Evjue a lot madder...
...Cloudy Future. That made the kids madder than ever; 125 out of 149 went out on strike. They went back three days later, but trouble started again. Powell had an argument with Ronald Hegedish, a new boy, pushed him against a wall. The boy's father swore out a warrant against Powell for assault. Powell was arrested Dec. 9, freed on bond pending a hearing...
When officials asked her to play a semifinal match on a side court, Patricia had a fit of sulks. The more she thought about it, the madder she got. Said she: "I told the committee I would play only on the center court. I'm the defending champion and I don't see why I can't play on the center court . . ." Just to show them, Pat flounced out of the stadium. France's Mme. Nell Landry promptly claimed and got a victory by forfeit...
...Nicolson, no poet himself, suggests that the main reason why poets are considered madder than other people is that they like to display their eccentricities: "All writers, and especially all poets, feel it dull to be thought completely normal...
Austrian Conservatives were madder than Pennsylvania Republicans. Hunters complained that, under the new measure, there would soon be no wildlife left in Carinthia. That, in turn, would badly affect Austria's future tourist business. The Communists, on the other hand, thought nationalization of hunting was a fine idea...