Word: shook
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Craftsmen assured the despondent old gentleman they could put his work together again. Silent, he shook his head. "I'm too old," he said, gathering up the broken bits, "my chances are gone," and he doddered out the door...
...hours later, a horror stricken fellow tribesman informed him that he had violated tabu, that he had eaten of the dish destined for the alimentation of his holiness the king. The news struck he poor victim like a charge of the Four Horsemen. He turned pale. His knees shook. He seemed visibly to wither away. Shortly he sank to the ground, spasm after spasm of pain shaking him from head to foot. Before sunset he was dead, snuffed out by sheer fright...
...breakfast at No. 15 Dupont Circle, President Coolidge, Senator McNary of Oregon (coauthor of the vetoed McNary-Haugen farm relief bill) and sundry powers of the Republican party shook hands all around. "We will pour balm on the farmers' wounds. Senator McNary will go scouting in the West and report to the President next summer with a compromise bill that will satisfy agriculture and not vex industry. Congress will pass the bill next winter," said last week's breakfasters in effect. Such strategy was predicted three weeks ago (TIME, April...
...Summers. Mr. Link had made another stupid error. "Heh heh," cackled Mr. Summers after another of Mr. Link's blunders,* and undertook to explain the game as to a novice. Mr. Link grew indignant. So did Mr. Summers, petulant tutor. Mr. Link retorted sharply. Mr. Summers arose and shook Mr. Link by the neck in mock fury. Mr. Link collapsed, died two hours later of a ruptured blood vessel. Mr. Summers, pleading "a playful scuffle," was lodged in jail, alleged manslaughterer...
Last week in Miami, Fla., blackmen shook their heads, "reckoned they couldn't find no way to vote no-how." Miami's 40,000 Negroes never fret much about white men's elections, but somehow they had, counted on marking crosses on nice new ballots in the April elections. A committee of three leading citizens of the black belt, suave in manner, impeccable in dress, called on the city commission. The Hannibal of the trio made a dignified advance. He said...