Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tristan the Hero, wounded by Traitor Melot's sword thrust, was dying one night last week on the stage of the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth, Germany. As Kurvenal, his faithful manservant, stood by him, Tristan sang feverishly, sometimes shouting, sometimes sinking into exhausted murmurs. Patiently the audience attended his efforts. But a larger audience, more excited, spread all over the world, listened to Tristan und Isolde through loudspeakers. It was a tradition-breaking radio broadcast: first one to come from Bayreuth. To insure its excellence, all other broadcasting in Germany had been hushed. The Reichs Rundfunk Gesellschaft sent...
...Atlantic Ocean last week thrust another puzzle at seafaring man. Over the Georges Banks, where haddock, cod and mackerel run and the seabottom is in many spots but 12 ft. deep, a whirlpool appeared. Whirlpools, whether in the ocean like the anciently famed & feared Maelstrom west of Norway, or in rivers as below Niagara Falls, so far as man has ever known swirl towards a centre...
...horse show in Montebucarlo, Italy, a horse bit a large chunk out of Theodore Crema's cheek. In intense pain and indignation, Theodore Crema thrust his hand into the horse's mouth, recovered the gob of flesh, drove with it several miles to a hospital. Surgeons restored the piece to Theodore Crema's face...
...problem which is due to cause not a little heart-burning worry has been thrust upon public attention by the class day advice offered by the dean of Harvard College to that institution's graduates of this year. In substance he tells the class to avoid seeking work for pay if they can, and to continue their students...
...jostled, fired revolvers, he covered only 4 ft. 8 in. in his three jumps. A pampered creature called Zenobia, imported from Kinston, N. C. in a tub of native water, raised cheers by doing 8 ft. 6 in. Then Angels Camp went wild as the bright green veteran Budweiser thrust thrice with his long green legs, shot down the course 11 ft. 5 in., was declared winner...