Word: sparkly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the electrical contacts are made with a nerve, the result is quite different. A nerve is somewhat analogous to the fuse of a firecracker. When a stimulus comes, it travels up the nerve like the spark in a fuse. Just as the spark gives off light and heat, so the nerve gives off electrical disturbances. By tests of nerve stimuli, it is possible to determine the sensitivity and range...
...gentle, thoroughly feminine person with a soft voice, a quick, nervous laugh. Even in her coal mining office she dresses as most women dress for tea. At 47 her dark hair is greying, the lines of her firm jaw broadening, but her blue-grey eyes have lost not a spark of their vitality and fervor...
...Hebert, New Jersey's Kean and West Virginia's Hatfield, Old Deal Republicanism had been discarded by the U. S. Even Henry P. Fletcher who, as chairman of the Republican National Committee, had rallied the Tories to their last stand against the New Deal, had only one spark of fire left. Said he: ''When you're licked you're licked, but you don't have to stay licked." Then he tossed in the sponge by admitting: "The Republican Party can come back only by being alert, united and willing to stand for questions...
...Winthrop House gridmen yesterday won the house football title by sinking the Leverett eleven 18-0 while Dunster was holding Lowell to a scoreless tie. Joo Hindlo, who scored all three touchdowns, was the main spark of the Puritan offense. Kelly, a substitute fullback, also distinguished himself by his ability to gain ground...
...hostility glowed warmly on both sides and plans were laid for that game of 1926. Undergraduates and older men alike girded their loins for battle. And then it broke. The pent-up fury of heated anger gave way to better judgment. Old friendships were forgotten, tradition cast aside. One spark it took to touch it off, and then all was open furor. The result could be but one, and that the obvious...