Word: storming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years before, had taken the precaution to become a naturalized Russian citizen in case of accident. Inasmuch as a box of Bolshevik gold, destined for work in Italy, had just fallen into the hands of the authorities, people were not slow to connect the two facts. At once a storm of ridicule broke out. Everyone in Italy knocked off work to poke fun t Misiano. From hotel, from restaurant, from the theatre, and then from city to city, he has been hounded by the none too gentle jibes of his countrymen. Everywhere he is recognized and hooted. Hurling epithets...
George Broadhurst will present Helen MacKellar in "The Storm" at the Globe on March...
...news that a Boston syndicate is building a "fishing schooner" of an especially fast design with the intention of carrying off the International Fishing Boat trophy next summer, when the ships from Lunenburg and Gloucester again compete, has aroused, a storm of quite justified indignation in Canadian ports. The Halifax "Herald" which originally gave the trophy, conveys in an especially caustic editorial, the sentiments held by all lovers of fair play on both sides of the border. The cup was offered for bona-fide fishing vessels only and the races were to be sailed in whatever weather Dame Fortune...
...living is very high, and strikes are frequent. Conditions are right for the people to nurse the ideas of race-hatred and revolt that the Extremists are spreading broadcast. If the cloud passes over, India will be well on her way to prosperous, peaceful, self-government: if the storm breaks it will shatter England's plans and put the idea of an India under her own government out of mind as impossible for many decades to come...
...unaccustomed to winter camping should not undertake excursions without following the advice of experienced winter campers. A properly equipped party can ride out almost any storm in the mountains with safety. Mountain climbing at this time of the year is safe enough if undertaken in the right way, as is evident from the activities in this line carried on by the Dartmouth Outing Club; but "taking a chance" is only too liable to cause unnecessary trouble and bring undesirable publicity to the University...