Word: shaken
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...easier for nations of men than it is for men. Canada and the U. S. are traditionally amicable neighbors, but this does not spare them from having back-fence arguments. Last week the problems between the two countries had accumulated to an extent that might well have shaken the amity of two less level-minded neighbors...
...Hoover right forearm ached painfully. The President could write only with difficulty. In one day he had shaken 1,757 hands at the rate of 43 per minute. From their Congressmen, citizens obtain letters entitling them to a presidential handshake. In one day last week, New York's Senator (Dr.) Copeland. who last month cautioned President Hoover to mind his health, sent 188 handshakers to the White House...
...friend!" Tears did not begin to take their silent course until General John Joseph Pershing rose, visibly shaken with grief, and managed to speak thus in a gruff voice which often grew husky...
...important by-product of the Jones missionary work is the impending disintegration of India's rock-ribbed caste system. The Nationalist movement and infiltrations of Western civilization have already shaken it. But, says Dr. Jones. Christianity's recognition of individuals and their equality in the sight of God will deal the most telling blow...
...Lindbergh's right shoulder, dislocated five years ago in a parachute jump, was redislocated. Miss Morrow, though badly shaken, was uninjured...