Word: rampant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week, as another autumn moon lit up the traditional festival, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek summoned his countrymen to rise against another kind of Tartar in the national household. "We should understand," he cried in a broadcast to the people, "that in addition to the treacherous rebels who are rampant today, speculation, manipulation and high living to the point of lasciviousness on the part of social parasites in our midst are also to blame for our crisis ... It is my intention to wash away these social dregs by opening the floodgates of public conscience and social justice...
...skin is gone," said Chiang Kai-shek last week, quoting from an old proverb, "the hair will have nothing to grow on ... At a time like this, when rampant Communist rebels are confronting the nation with a serious crisis, the people, the government and the state will share the same consequences, be they good...
...avin' John L. Lewis." The opposition demanded a debate on Cripps's action before the House adjourned for its summer recess the next day. Eden suavely offered to give it the Conservative allotment of time that same evening. But by now the governess in Cripps was rampant; primly, he said that he had to be in Bristol that night for "a very important meeting...
...time close to the national convention of a party split, as with any group of men expecting power, by fierce final struggling for commanding position. Homeground evidence of the overriding importance of the outcome of this competition has existed during the past two weeks in the rampant speculation about Republican Presidential hopefuls as possible honorary degree recipients...
...Bets. The opposition's reply to this was a unified cry of "Anything you can do, we can do better." But beyond that there seemed little chance of agreement between the parties opposing Dev. Clann workers scrawled "Is your trip really necessary?" on posters showing a De Valera rampant with the Fianna slogan, "We are ready to resume the advance." But with equal enthusiasm Laborite heelers amended MacBride posters proclaiming "A New Deal" with the words "Yes, but with the same old pack...