Word: wildes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...evening's session began with Public Hall jammed to capacity. Wild applause and cheering greeted every speaker and the roll, call of states, on the last ballot especially, was accomplished only with difficulty. Judge William S. Kenyon of Iowa, reputed this afternoon to have the backing of President Coolidge, was well supported on the first ballot, which was divided between a great number of candidates...
Without an official count of the figures, Governor Cox of Massachusetts made and Senator Watson from Indiana seconded the motion that General Dawes be nominated by acclamation. The motion was finally carried in a burst of wild cheering and shouting...
...Paris, Mathews secluded himself and consulted attorneys, but wild | rumors were afloat-that Royer, the Lyons electrical magnate, was acting for the French Government; that British representatives followed Matthews to renew their offers and prevent the escape of the "ray" from England; that Ambassador Herrick had invited Matthews to lunch at the American Embassy, and that U. S. naval attaches were investigating unofficially. The Navy Department denied any offer. The British Under Secretary for the Air Ministry, interpellated in the House of Commons, said Matthews had not demonstrated his claims to their satisfaction, and that the phenomenon of stopping...
...second round he opened a cut on Ash's lip; later the blood flowed from the same wound. But Ash, with faultless foot work, danced lightly out of Villa's reach. Only once did Ash fall; in the second round one of Villa's wild blows caught the back of his head, knocked him through the ropes. Villa won by his aggressiveness. He wore Ash down with his continual rain of blows. At the end of the bout the faultless toe-dancing was no more. Weary Ash was dancing flatfooted...
...deluge of Purple hits and Purple runs landed on Spalding in the third inning. Five singles, a double by Carroll, a wild throw by Spalding, and two errors, of omission by his infielders let five runs across the plate and gave Holy Cross a safe lead. Cote, who made a homer in the Cambridge game, laced out a mate to it in the sixth inning for the last Holy Cross run. Todd had barely reached the ball when the batter scored...