Word: nervous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trial. Meanwhile he started for Washington at large under $5,000 bail. He had agreed not to take part in the proceedings of congress until his case was settled. Hardly had he arrived in the Capital, however, when he was taken seriously ill. His condition was variously described as "nervous collapse," "cerebral hemorrhage," "cerebral paralysis...
...nervous collapse, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral paralysis...
...NERVOUS WRECK?Fills the great open spaces with smashed crockery; rather funnier than you'd expect...
...glory of the Imagists,--and frequently attain them. Lowell writes of the advantage which the early risers of literature have over us moderns in gathering words while the dew is still fresh on them. When a word which once had a single exact meaning has been worked to nervous prostration what can we do but invent either a new word or a new use of an old one? When the best metaphors have become an old story, what can we do but bring together in fresh metaphors ideas that were never brought face to face before and trust them...
...NERVOUS WRECK-Surprisingly amusing application of the homeopathic treatment to strengthen a young man's nerve by smashing the crockery all around...