Word: vivas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Deputy Delcroix sat down the Deputies stood up and never has the Chamber witnessed such enthusiasm. Members of the Royal Family in the royal box mixed their voices with the Deputies' to produce a storm of cheers and hand-clapping and viva's that would have discredited the best storms that the elements occasionally provide...
...Harvard-Yale football games played by two men would best express it. The judges were all of neutral nationality. At last this Frenchman who; whereupon the Italians, in their first burst of disappointment, accused the judges of unfairness, picked up their weapons, and marched out of the hall singing Viva Mussolin!" By the next morning, of course, they had cooled down and had apologized, Yet there was a final ripple to the excitement that illustrates beautifully, considered themselves insulted by the Italians accusations-all, that is, save one American judge, who took the whole affair as a joke. Whereupon...
...undergraduate body is to express its approval viva voce it is well that it be done neatly and with precision. And now that the leaders have made plans to bring about this result, all that is necessary is some cooperation by the undergraduates. A ringing song and a truly impressive cheer will express the real appreciation of the student body for the efforts of Captain Greenough and his team...
...carriages then proceeded from the station to Hyde Park Corner, down Constitutional Hill to Buckingham Palace. The route was lined with soldiers and police, behind whose cordons were tens of thousands of cheering spectators. "Little Italy" (Italian colony in London) was there, waving the Italian tricolor and shouting "Viva il Re" and "Viva Savoia." Inside the Palace Court was drawn up a guard of honor composed of the Yeomen of the Guard (Beefeaters) dressed in their picturesque Tudor uniforms...
...Rome Stock Exchange Italian consols rose over par. Cataclysmic excitement : "Viva Italia!" "Viva Mussolini!" "Viva 'de Stefani!" and numerous other vivas were shouted, cried and sobbed...