Word: thrilled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...slips of paper in whatever patterns seemed most seductive. When these slips began pouring in by the thousand, the Mirror treated its "soul-starved" readers to reproductions of the smears. In smelly lunchrooms, dirty washrooms, ugly workrooms, hot bedrooms, thousands of young females forgot their troubles in the decadent thrill of examining, preening and comparing lips. When the winner was announced -a Manhattan nymph, of course, "a dainty little married woman... Christine League"-the Mirror published a close-up photograph of her provocative cupid-bow orifice upraised in "the pose in which Christine's hubby says he likes...
...unusual thrill to Washington gentry to touch the elbow of Mrs. Coolidge while she shops in a crowded department store, or to see her as she walks along the sunny avenue. Frequently she sorties unattended. Last week it was fortunate that her son, John, was at her arm when she snagged her heel in the pavement in front of the White House, slipped, nearly fell, before he caught...
...afraid I knew very little about the 18th Century when I began. It is really the Middle Ages that thrill me. However, I went to the town library at Brighton† and read up several 18th Century books. They were really all I had to go on. I was so surprised when my 'diary' was printed...
...present day knowledge of what constitutes a good performance means that a notable drive will get due recognition. It would be a happy coincidence if fifty feet was reached for the first time after exactly fifty years of competition and no one would begrudge the record holder the thrill that such a put would bring. All that is needed to produce a record is ideal weather...
Civilization loves to sun itself in the bleachers while experts exercise Everyone has experienced the thrill of a home run or a touch-down made by another. Much may be said for this division of labor which permits complacent persons the joy of combat at the cost of purely optical exercise. By a simple mental translation, the spectator becomes himself the hero of the hour...