Word: shockingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Juiceless grapefruit, absorbless shock absorbers, and ageless glands are among the most successful past demonstrations of this kind. And now science claims to be on the eve of discovering how to make gold. Alchemy in all its glory never advanced beyond this stage. As a pretension, therefore, this announcement will be flouted by the "Society" until gold is actually produced from quicksilver...
...would cast "aspersions" at "Fighting Bob" La Folette's head, to fall into the Idom of the worthy Mrs. Malaprop. But followers of the shock-headed Senator may have seen an occult attempt to derogate when, just before the election, well known newspapers published a statement by a French scientist that great brains are usually small...
...year ago, U. S. copper producers were inclined to think that only this continent, in the future as in the past, could furnish copper in large amounts when the demand for the red metal revived. Some of them have been treated to a rude shock by the sudden recent prominence in the industry of the Katanga mines in mid-Africa...
...Several love plots are included in the comedy, which has a great deal of action, is filled with amusing situations and nice subtleties, and has a strong love appeal. However, in the opinion of J. D. Lodge '25, president of the Cercle, there is no reason why it should shock its audiences...
Your editorials of last Friday may prove "the shot heard 'round the world", and, if so, may shock--or shame--an ungrateful University to appreciation. Donald Wait Keyes...