Word: shaken
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...results of the recent elections in Austria, so tensely watched by the rest of Europe, have finally been announced, much to the satisfaction of the Entente. For the Austrians, led by most of their daily journals, have shaken off the spell of Prussian mesmerism and dealt a decided blow to the hopes of an Austro-German State . . . hopes which were not merely fictional, but were worked out on an absolute plan with characteristic German efficiency. Pan-Germanism is the name for this idea which would unite Austria and Germany into one; it has its leaders and thinkers, who were running...
...confidence of the American public in the honesty with which professional baseball is conducted ought not to be permanently shaken by the revelations which come from the grand jury room in Chicago. Two members of the Chicago Club of the American League have confessed that they accepted bribes to "throw" games in the world's series last year. These men and six others who were members of the club at the time have been indicted. But it is to be remembered that no suspicion attaches to the great majority of the league ball players. The men involved in the present...
...Great War," said Senator Lodge, "has shaken to its foundations the entire fabric of society, business and industry. On the continent of Europe the economic and industrial organization has been shattered. In England and the United States it has been shaken and thrown out of gear. Therefore, a vast work of reconstruction confronts all great nations of western civilization, and the United States is not exempted from this task. We, too, need wise measures of reconstruction...