Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile Dr. Leiva, not so badly hurt that he could not express himself freely, told newsmen: "It might have happened to anybody. But the Washington police force is the worst I have ever known. . . . One man [during the fight] thrust his hand into my face and I nearly bit his little finger...
...suspending Fokker planes from U. S. passenger service (TIME, May 11), hinted that certain airmail operators might cancel their contracts with the Government, out of sympathy for his cause. He issued angry statements to the Press at 4 a. m. and repudiated them at 4:30 a. m. He thrust his head inside the door where Department officials were meeting and announced "I'll give each of you $100 if you ever see me again." Ten minutes later he returned to resume his plaints...
...mechanical and industrial revolution has altered the whole pattern of American life. It has uprooted millions from the land and thrust them into a strange, incomprehensible and rapidly changing environment. So vast, so deep, so pervasive are the effects of this upon the premises of our conduct, upon the internal economy of our own spirits, that we find ourselves not only without common publicly acknowledged standards of action but oftener than not without clear personal conviction as well...
...whole court and Comedie Franchise. Says he: "If my strength holds out we'll have the biggest store in Paris." Picked for pulchritude, the ladies of the cast are not all expert mimes, but little Mr. Truex, with his hair plastered down over his eyes and his hand thrust into his waistcoat, is splendid...
Oklahoma State Capitol, was shaving Governor William Henry ("Alfalfa Bill") Murray when the Governor suddenly thrust him aside, threw off the apron, rushed from the scene. The barber had nicked the Governor's chin. Alarmed. Barber Riggs turned his shop over to Barber G. N. Glenn who, on order of the State Board of Affairs, finally paid Barber Riggs $1,200 for his franchise...