Word: thunderously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ranks. Mr. Goodwin as Registrar was forceful; as candidate for Governor he will again be able to furnish pyrotechnic displays. But he cannot be too careful. Mr. Goodwin as the New England agent for the Elcar is giving the other side too much of a chance to steal his thunder; the primary campaign in itself promises plenty of sound and fury; and if it becomes a business struggle, Governor Fuller has a tremendous lead for even his pugnacious rival to overcome...
...haberdashery shop, but there are also ancient elm trees that once sheltered a tougher tribe of Yankees. Arthur Gordon, a descendant, is the grand vizier of Berkenmeer. With an air of detached gentility, he saw to it that "the hay was got in from the golf links before a thunder shower, dances were run off with no deficit, horses were not frightened "by steamrollers. . . ." An ebullient Rotary had begun to suspect him of not being a big enough booster. But such heresy was momentarily dispelled after the World War when he invited the U. S. Government to fill his family...
...figure rises, moves slowly towards the door, sways slightly, impervious to the thunder which rises like a cloud from the floor, trembles in the pendant air. The courage of Smith. Coward! I lack the ordinary manhood to rise and hand in this paper. When I was twelve years old . . . my stepfather hit me on the head with a paper-weight, . . . surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. I will sit here, afraid to leave until the last minute has ticked itself into obscurity, because an inferiority complex shall follow me all the days...
...thunder shower passed over here about three o'clock Wednesday afternoon, lightning striking several orchards...
This is not, as are so many others, just one of those days. Came Friday and at the same time came the thirteenth of the month; the cue is for lightning flashes, thunder spurts, and a darkened stage. Today finds sable felines at a premium, unbreakable mirrors going up, and ladders being trusted only when in a horizontal position. And the headline writers clap hands in glee as they realize that Mrs. Snyder's demise will coincide with the most ominous of days...