Word: suddenly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...eastern highlands of New Guinea, sudden bursts of maniacal laughter shrilled through the walls of many a circular, windowless grass hut, echoing through the surrounding jungle. Sometimes, instead of the roaring laughter, there might be a fit of giggling. When a tribesman looked into such a hut, he saw no cause for merriment. The laugher was lying ill, exhausted by his guffaws, his face now an expressionless mask. He had no idea that he had laughed, let alone why. New Guinea's Fore (pronounced foray) tribe was afflicted by a deadly foe. It was kuru, the laughing death...
...director, Barry Bartle, blocks well, and a few touches, such as Hilda sitting on a table in Act II, show exact thought and stagemanship. Whether he doesn't also overdirect details--Selznick's Act II entrance, or Hilda's sudden bursts of life--one cannot be sure...
Erupting Volcano. Last week Erhard was deep in his newest battle against rising prices, brought on when the big Ruhr coal operators announced a sudden $1.20-$1.50-a-ton price rise only four days after the elections. To the coal operators' pleas that their prices were still the lowest in Europe, Erhard roared: "You have made a volcano erupt. The administration is disturbed, the government is wounded." To unionists seeking concomitant wage rises and benefits, Erhard insisted he would succeed in keeping prices down: "If you look into it, you will find that your real income is now higher...
CANDY CRAZE is biting into the diet craze, to the relief of candy makers. After candy-eating dropped to 16.5 lbs. per person in 1954, sudden upsurge this year will push consumption to near-record...
Wallace McDonald '44, director of Freshman Scholarships, stated that he largely concurred with Monro, but emphasized that the growth of loan programs was not "going to be a sudden revolution" just because it was recommended to President Eisenhower. McDonald stressed that this was "not a brand-new idea...