Word: thunderously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Disappointed grumblings of Wets against this Commission policy were summed up by thunder-voiced Senator John James Elaine of Wisconsin: "The Commission is dodging the very job for which it was created...
...problem. He could do a 'service for 'Dry America,' " said Senator Fess. ¶ Involved explanations by Attorney-General Mitchell to the effect that since March one U. S. district attorney has been ousted, five forced to resign. Senator Borah thought this record "unimpressive." ¶ Muffled thunder over Capitol Hill of the storm of Prohibition debate, gathering during the holidays, about to break...
Construing this as an attack on the President, the latter's good friend, Senator Jones of Washington, author of the famed Five & Ten Law, announced: "The President believes in Prohibition as sincerely as I do. . . . The President is doing his best." Which prompted Senator Borah to thunder again. Said he: "Washing your hands with sightless soap in the presence of the President will not bring effective service...
Young Fascists, opening their New Year's copies of Tricolore, the Young Fascists' weekly magazine, were treated to a special contribution from the most prominent of all Young Fascists last week, the first instalment of a full length blood-and-thunder novel entitled La Camorra ("The Black Hand") by Vittorio Mussolini, II Duce's plump and swarthy 14-year...