Word: verbale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...confidence of the French working class, which has almost completely abandoned the Catholic faith. The experiment while successful in some ways, backfired Of some 90 priests, ten married and an estimated 15 are now working with the Communists Recently, on the urging of the Holy Office, the Pope sent verbal orders that the movement be suppressed, but the French cardinals managed to persuade the Pope to allow the worker-priests to continue "in principle," after some major changes in the setup...
...Verbal fireworks continued even after the meeting had officially concluded. As Howe left the stage, he was approached by Thomas Dorgan, clerk of the Suffolk Superior Court and a long-time critic of the University. Dorgan, red-faced with anger, began an impassioned attack on Howe's address and on University policy in general. "You're too legalistic," he shouted. "There are people over there who violated the Teacher's Oath and we're going to get them out of there. I mean business." With a parting blast, Dorgan charged, "The members of the Corporation are not honorable men. They...
...trouble lies in the lack of any licensing system for sound trucks. While the Cambridge police are strict about parades they do not consider a 120 decibel juggernaut particularly worthy of supervision. Rather, they deem their verbal permission sufficient control of the trucks, adding only the afterthought that it would be nice to stay away from hospitals, schools and court-rooms...
Biographer Marberry wastes no time shoring up this literary rubble. Instead, he focuses on the flamboyant poseur who fashioned it, a man with the instincts of Barnum, the imagination of Munchausen, and the verbal aplomb of W. C. Fields...
...Tight suggests unsteadiness in ordinary physical activities, or noticeable aggressiveness, or oversolicitousness, or loss of control over social amenities or of verbal accuracy, or slight nausea...