Word: thrusting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Underwood of Alabama, sponsor of the Muscle Shoals Bill before the Senate, rose in that august chamber to read an editorial from The Washington Herald (Hearst paper) which referred to the Underwood Bill as "Another Teapot Dome Thrust upon Mr. Coolidge...
...Michael Arlen, helpfully renouncing the intricate appellation thrust upon him by Near-Eastern ancestry, reminisces in leisurely wise about the more fantastic aspects of his early ramblings in London streets, calling the product The London Venture...
Napoleon, at the Pyramids, thrust one hand over his diaphragm, thickened his neck, beetled his brows, said: "Men, from the summits of these Pyramids 40 centuries look down upon...
...Charge. A fortnight ago, warming up on his stump tour, Candidate LaFollette thrust an accusing finger at the moneybags of the Repub- lican Party. Cried he, in effect: "Huge slush fund ! Corruption ! A desperate attempt to buy the election...
...distressingly noticeable in the first half that the Harvard eleven was unable to make the best of the chances that were thrust upon it. Three golden chances turned black as Holy Cross either forced the Crimson team to kick, held it for downs, or recovered a costly fumble...