Word: nervously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, zealous worker for the Jewish Palestine Homeland, No. 1 U. S. rabbi, collapsed from nervous indigestion and overwork at the Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island, N. Y., whence he had gone, for seclusion and rest. His attending physician announced that Rabbi Wise was "withdrawing indefinitely" from all duties, would probably not attend the Palestine conference at London...
When he was Secretary of State, Frank Billings Kellogg was called (behind his back) "Nervous Nellie." Last week his successor, Henry Lewis Stimson, came close to earning for himself the nickname of "Hairbreadth Harry...
...amusing features of the training table at Dartmouth is the traditional requirement that each new man upon being assigned to the table shall entertain the others for at least five minutes. The entertainment is always provided after the evening meal. The initiate is usually very nervous as he stands up to address his teammates and is greeted with an awe-inspiring silence. As soon as he starts to speak, however, the situation is changed. Hank Barber will yell across the room to ask Shep Wolff if he is going to the show, Bromberg and Johnson will discuss their economics assignments...
...Doris Podmore, model, last week sued American Tobacco Co. for $250,000 damages. Charge: her picture had been used without her consent in a "Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before" advertisement; had resulted in ridicule due to her "delicate state of health,'' had caused a nervous breakdown, further ill health, severe depression...
...when he promised no more to threaten death to Professor Ernest Laurer of Northwestern University. Declared Robinson: "My daughter, Roslyn, attended Professor Laurer's class in history five years ago. He taught her the theory of evolution. . . . She began to brood over it and that led to a nervous breakdown and death. I blame him for her death...