Word: thunderclouds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Algiers and say: "Why, the United States Army ought to come over here and clean it up!" Mr. Tinker boasted how much finer his home town was than oldtime Timgad. Mr. Tinker rode through Africa on a camel, like a barbaric Roman potentate, "raining money like some great careless thundercloud charged with silver and gold and pouring them down...
...rigged on the ground a large plate of metal, which was in effect a section of the earth's surface. When a thundercloud hung over his plate and lightning blazed, he found by means of extremely delicate instruments that the electrical potential of the plate changed. This was the electrical image of what happened in the cloud, one surface (usually the upper) was positively charged, the other negatively. When discharge occurred...
Kuno Franke said of "Magda" some years ago, "It is one of those literary thunderclouds which are charged with the social and intellectual electricity of a whole age." And, inspite of women's suffrage, the widespread influence of modernistic schools of thought, and the unhampered liberty of the rising generation, it brings up an issue which today is far from dead--the great thundercloud of 30 years ago is still anything but a pale glimmer of heat lightening on the distant horizon...
There is but a single thundercloud darkening Champion Edith's horizon at Providence. The vigorous, accurate game she played in winning the Western title, a fortnight ago, would more than suffice to conquer Marion Hollins, even though the Metropolitan champion has played more keenly this year than since her 1921 championship. Alexa is sidetracked. Mrs. Vanderbeck, of Philadelphia, however steady, cannot withstand Edith in a fighting mood, as was demonstrated in the semifinals of last year's title play, when Edith battled her from dormie two to a win at the 20th. There are Mrs. Hurd...