Word: toring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...played with more explosive energy than any troupe of melodramatists that one may see in this inhibited country off the one-night stands. This, apparently, is what the Spanish crave, Raquel Meller to the contrary. Maria Guerrero had the most to do. She fulminated and she growled, stamped and tore the plays to bits. Most of them were lurid melodramas, sensitive to this sort of treatment. Spaniards in the packed galleries howled back their delight with equal fervor. Nordics called it movie acting, excellent of its type but uninteresting to us. Some of them cruelly termed the proceedings "ma?...
...roistering infuscate U. S. sailor seated himself with a crash upon one of the shaky iron tables in front of Florian's, most famous of the cafes facing the Piazza San Marco, Venice. Pulling out a wad of 100-lira notes, he tore them one by one across the middle, chanting full-throatedly: "She smacks me, she smacks me not!" Vexed at this insult to the national currency?this tactless hint that it was worthless?angry Venetians closed in upon the sailor, pummeled him, tweaked his broad nose, sought vainly to tug at his woolly hair...
Later that day a bellboy brought a sealed envelope to the President of the United Mine Workers. Mr. Lewis tore open the telegram, read it and grinned. He turned to the strike leaders and reporters who were gathered around. "Listen to this: 'Desire get married the day strike is settled. Advise...
...police, of course, tore the posters down as fast as they could. That night, the Carolists pasted up still more, pasted an especially large poster directly opposite the apartments of Queen Marie. This time the caricature of Prince Stirbey displayed him in an attitude highly uncomplimentary to the Queen. As Her Majesty glanced out the window, the insinuating caption fairly shrieked at her: How do you like...
...turn -there were wild scenes. Pygmies and giants of the forest humped their ebon forms to shelter. Frenzied Hindus swarmed into the holy River Ganges to propitiate the demon that they could see obliterating the light of day. Borneans smashed their household crockery, gave up business and travel, tore their hair, gnashed their teeth, beat their hairy chests. Mountain-dwelling Filipinos donned armor, pounded gongs and descended toward the sea to combat what they believed was a race of planet-devouring crocodiles. But other humans behaved quite otherwise. From the opposite side of the earth they had thronged...