Word: thunderstruck
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...trial balloon. Nov. 10 will be the 450th birthday of Martin Luther. Flatly acting ReichsbischoF Müller stated that the Chancellor would then renounce Catholicism, become a Protestant and join "The National Evangelical Church." Since Reichsbischof Müller is Herr Hitler's close friend this announcement thunderstruck the Fatherland. Were even Catholics going to be dragooned into a National Church, a Nazi Church? For half a day Chancellor Hitler let the sensation sizzle. Suddenly he decided that Catholics must not be pressed too hard- just yet. In an official Government communique acting Reichsbischof Müller...
...Specific Statement" Britain was thunderstruck. In the House of Commons up popped Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon, his voice sharp with excitement...
Sleek, soft-spoken Chancellor Franz von Papen, whose most violent gesture is frequently to take off and twirl his eyeglasses, thunderstruck the world last week by a series of provocative acts, all performed with utmost urbanity...
Chicago was thunderstruck. Its symphony orchestra, third oldest in the U. S.,* has always appeared to be built on solid rock. Fathered by 50 Chicago businessmen, it was a thriving two-year-old at the time of the World's Fair (1893). Conductor Theodore Thomas of the drooping mustache was having it play Wagner excerpts new even to Europe. In the panic of 1894 its deficit was only $20,000. Ten years later it built a home of its own, supposed to insure its permanent endowment. Violinist Frederick August Stock, a German of sound musicianship whose very bearing imparted...
...Were thunderstruck by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden (see above...