Word: thuds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...punch bowls overflowing; there were great cascading bouquets. There were laughing faces and broken hearts and heels. There were immaculate dress shirts, and a soiled white dress. There was the fanfare of an orchestra and the husky croon of a singer. There were tinkling glasses and the dull thud of a bass drum. There was the ecstacy of a first dance, there was the boredom of a thousand. There was the lonely terrace and the crowded ballroom. There were long, embrassing conversations; there were short, embrassing silences. There were scrambled eggs and Grade A milk. There were those...
...radio presentation could portray the news of the day in a fashion as interesting, alive and fascinating as you handled these matters in the columns of TIME. But I see that once again you have succeeded in tack- ling a difficult task and making it register with a thud. Once again-congratulations! R. H. RlEMENSCHNEIDER Advertising Manager Walgreen Drug Stores Chicago...
...when you swing, swing like this," said Mr. Greenberg, swinging like that, but ending the stroke with a dull thud...