Word: spats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After visiting the famed cathedral city of Cologne about 1828 he spat out these effusions...
...Dealing Senators Claude Pepper and Lister Hill promptly rose to reply. Their potshots had little effect. But meanwhile Senator Taft got involved in a terrible spat with Columnist Lippmann who is often pro-administration...
...Missouri flows by Confederate Gulch and Montana Bar in the Big Belt Mountains. Exiled to the mountains during the Civil War, Confederate prisoners went prospecting. When the gold rush began, a greenhorn asked a bearded old prospector where he should dig. The old man spat, pointed to the least likely-looking place he could see, and said, "Try that bar yonder." The greenhorn scooped up panfuls of clean gold...
...approaches to the third line, the main bulwark the Germans had erected in five months of quiet. A wide belt of mines protected it, and along it were earthworks and pillboxed guns-25 to 40 of them to each mile. The Katushas and guns spoke again. Flamethrowers spat at the strong points until their timbered linings blazed. By dusk on Saturday Marshal Konev knew that he had what he wanted: a definite break through the deep German line...
...existence-even for Hollywood. She was very young when she became famous. Her teen-age whims and appetites, her shallow fits of rage and delight remained unchanged. She loaded herself with jewelry. She delighted in entering nightclubs with a spurious dignity. She also delighted in tantrums during which she spat oaths like an angry cat. She loved to go to prizefights, where she screamed advice to the boxers...