Word: shook
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from the hands of this onetime fellow subject of Kaiser Franz Josef that Horthy got the territorial plums which had made World War II so far so profitable. As he listened now to the Führer's rasping voice, Horthy knew a dream was ended. He shook his head. Hitler pounded the big table. Enraged, Horthy pounded right back, as he had in years gone by, when Upstart Hitler had wanted concessions from Hungary's proud Magyars...
Royalist Serbs shook their heads over Peter's impatient ardor. They remembered the dynasty's unwritten law: while the country is held by an enemy, the ruler must stay in mourning. Peter I had imposed the rule in World War I; he had marched with his Serb troops into exile, observed the ritual of grief, not even shaving, until the day of liberation. Serb émigrés, already uneasy lest Peter II throw in his lot with Tito, now feared that he would further shake his standing among those still loyal to him in the faction-split...
Staff Sergeant Bill Thompson, whose home address is Friendship Avenue, Pittsburgh, was the friendliest Yank in all the crowded British Isles. He bounced down the street of his West Country station, shook hands with anyone & everyone, boasted: "I'm the father of the Heanor quads. I want, the whole world to know...
...second sitting of the House ended in a scene which had the galleries popeyed with amazement. The Prime Minister, red-faced and angry, stood beside his desk, shook an angry finger at Opposition Leader Gordon Graydon, and shouted: "My honorable friend cannot tell me to sit down. . . ." As Mr. King took a firm step towards the broad, green-carpeted aisle which separates the Government from Opposition, Graydon repeated his demand: "I ask you to sit down." Members pounded their desks, shouted in excitement until the calm voice of Mr. Speaker restored order...
...almost one motion Banik jumped to attention and opened his mouth, but nothing much came out. When his composure returned, he had his picture taken with the royal couple, shook hands with the King, acknowledged the Queen's hope that he would enjoy himself in London. That night Sergeant Banik was a man with an audience...