Word: shook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...warm afternoon last week, as the citizens of Lima talked excitedly about the opening of the World Cup soccer tournament in Mexico City, an all-too-familiar convulsion shook the city, accompanied by what sounded like the muffled beat of a million drums. The early news seemed reassuring. In all of Lima, only three persons had died, two of heart attacks, and only a few old houses had been toppled. As the hours wore on, however, alarming reports began to arrive from the northern departments. The seaport of Chimbote lay in ruins. The departmental capital of Huar...
...enough to litter the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain areas of Paris with bricks, glass, smoldering autos and wrecked shops. At the same time, the unrest spread to Marseille, where leftist students, demonstrating at a factory, battled police. In Rouen, four girl students were injured when an explosion shook one of the university dormitories...
...afterwards we all got up and shook hands, with a sense of sadness. It was painful for us, but it wasn't a personal thing. It was an impersonal visit-to try to save the country. I think Henry fully understood the gravity of what we were talking about...
...makes you glad, and that, I suppose, accounts for the response Taylor received. The applause after "Fire and Rain" -a song about Susan and sweet dreams and flying machines-was so sustained that Taylor seemed embarrassed. He drank some water, stared down at his guitar, and waited. Then he shook his head and played "Carolina In My Mind...
...else. The wind and the sun hadn't helped him. either, and he assured Washauer that he just hadn't played well. I'm sure no one would argue. Bobby had hit an awful lot of shots into the net-something he rarely does. Bill nodded. But they finally shook hand...