Word: rumpusing
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...ebullient editor was marked "IA" by his draft board, and overnight the U.S. had its screwiest Selective Service case of World War II. The editor was voluble Ralph McAllister Ingersoll of crusading, neurojournalistic PM. And the rumpus he kicked up could have happened only in Manhattan...
...When they attack," radioed Jacoby, "they occasionally set off firecrackers and even beat drums to kick up a rumpus. They are clever in taking advantage of terrain and are eternally busy trying to filter into the U.S. positions. Sometimes their snipers work their way through. They show a marked preference for U.S. officers...
...with glaring floodlights, rang West Hartford's rural welkin with an electric drill. When the West Hartford clergy protested his working on the Sabbath, bushy-headed Ziolkowski snorted: "There seems to be no objection to golfing, tennis, motoring and sports in general on the Sabbath, so why the rumpus over the creation of a masterpiece of art?" As months passed, Sculptor Ziolkowski's marble cutting became the biggest show in West Hartford. Crowds gathered daily, and tourists parked their cars to have a look. Hawkers sold peanuts and soda pop. To his audience, Sculptor Ziolkowski sold marble chips...
Saturday. Official Soviet spokesman says, this is "much ado about nothing," blames "the big rumpus" in the U.S. on pro-Germans. The British announce their Ambassador has urged Stalin to suppress atheistic propaganda...
Warning. Said Gadfly Wheeler, thoroughly enjoying the rumpus he had stirred up: "There will be revolution in this country* if the Administration gets us into this damnable...