Word: nervously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like other Quakers, unaccustomed to the light of publicity, he was afterwards upset .to see his diplomatic slip in print. Two of Japan's 700 Friends talked to reporters before the press agent of the conference, nervous John Reich of the Friends Service Committee, could stop them. Said Quaker Seiju Hirakawa: "The present invasion of China by Japan is motivated by a militaristic clique which is trying to protect the Manchukuo experiment ... a colossal failure. Ninety per cent of Japan is against the present undeclared war. . . ." Said Ryumei Yamano: ''In Japan we have no freedom of speech...
...burst on the convention while it was still sitting. In Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Maryland and Virginia an epizootic† of sleeping sickness broke out among horses. Hundreds of horses drooped their heads, leaned against their stall walls, collapsed into the straw, died. Some, excited by the nervous effects of the disease, banged their heads against the stalls, died trying to run on their sides. A vaccine against this disease, which is also called equine encephalomyelitis and blind staggers, is made from the brains of infected horses. But last week there was not enough vaccine to go around...
...profession." But he is anxious not to have his book misused for the benefit of young idlers: "The function of the home helper is a rather special one. . . . His task is to slay some lion in the path whose fierce mien is absorbing a dangerous amount of nervous energy. . . . The task of the parent instructor begins when the child is stuck. Never before...
...Boss Jacobs rises at 7, drives his employes hard. He delights in clambakes and steak dinners at his country place at Fair Haven, N. J. His wife, Josie, likes to entertain his friends. They have no children. He smokes cigarets incessantly, drinks much coffee, is a bundle of nervous energy, able to sleep best at the movies although his snoring causes people to poke him and wake...
Paul Muni says that in any performance he will be satisfied if he leaves with his audience one unforgettable moment. Audiences of Zola will probably recall at least three: the scene in which the nervous young novelist, unaware that his Nana has become an overnight sensation, begs a loan of two francs from his publisher; the scene in which he tries to convince Mme Dreyfus and himself that his days of fighting are over; the courtroom speech in which he justifies his interference as a private citizen in L'Affaire Dreyfus. A Memorable also is Joseph Schildkraut...