Word: rage
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Labor Party, thus beside itself with rage at the National Government, made the tactical mistake of proposing a motion of censure on the issue of relieving unemployment just the day after the number of unemployed in the United Kingdom was revealed last week to have fallen to 2,000,000-the lowest figure in five years...
Temper tantrums are one of the most common forms of naughtiness. The youngster works himself into a rage. He yells, stamps his feet, rolls on the floor, strikes at everyone in reach, curses, bites, bangs his head against the wall. Best way of curing a child of tantrums is to leave him alone during his spells, never argue or give in to him. No child has ever become sick or died in a tantrum, says Dr. Kanner...
...name at random which happens to be hers. From that point on, experienced cinemaddicts are not likely to derive much suspense from watching the artist's serious romance with Miss Major endangered temporarily by the jealousy of a mistress (Mady Christians) he is trying to discard and the rage of an elderly doctor (Frank Morgan) who discovers that his young wife (Virginia Bruce) was really the subject of the nude portrait. As a substitute, they may derive amusement from scenes like the one in which "Poldi" Major breaks in on the duchess' petulant gardener to tell him about...
...There should be a chapter on Anger. Repressed rage is one of man's grandest endowments, and I wouldn't give a straw for a man who couldn't on occasion bite a crowbar in two in pure dancing fury. But-don't do it; you simply spoil the crowbar or break a tooth...
Thus within a fortnight Grace Moore had become London's latest rage. But her triumph lacked the approval of British critics who refused to be swayed by popular demonstrations. Not one of them would pronounce Grace Moore a great singer or even a beguiling actress. The Daily Express said: "Miss Moore was definitely a success, although her voice lacked something of the spiritual quality the part should have. . . ." The London Times summed up critical opinion when it said: "On the interpretative side Miss Moore had no vocal style to rank with those of her illustrious predecessors. . . . The ends...