Word: thrilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...should go to college, he would go to the dogs almost immediately. A cigarette would be a thrill to a boy of 15, but it would take a good deal more than that to impart the same thrill to the 40 year old Freshman...
...that the kleig lights are off and the thrill of the beautiful voice has vanished. Congress faces the job of carrying out such suggestions as it can find in the message on the State of the Union. . . . President Roosevelt is becoming more precise as the campaign progresses. He quoted himself, Shakespeare and the Bible correctly. The Bible and Shakespeare were quoted briefly...
Come and get a thrill out of "Mutiny on the Bounty". It's strong, stern drama, but there's nothing crude or melodramatic about it. For the villain is a hero when he pits his will against the sea, and the hero looks just a little villainish when he revels in tropical warmth while some of his partners face trial and punishment...
...group of able youngsters, however, supplied enough upsets and excitement. Chipper Jimmy Caras, always best on birthdays, celebrated his 25th by blanking Joe Procita, 125-to-0. Bland, bald-headed Bennie Allen, three-time champion, dropped one ball after another into the pockets, gave the boisterous onlookers their greatest thrill by making a straight run of 125. Finally, after two weeks of round-robin, the winner: Caras...
...game was a pushover for the Rods, who at no time encountered even so much as a scoring threat from the Indians. But, as is the custom, the game was one thrill after another from the end to the beginning, the crowd hired to watch the J.V. game with Holy Cross all being attracted to what the CRIMSON called its field...