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Word: wildes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Munich crowds, which had cheered Mussolini and then Daladier to the echo as they departed, went wild with shrieks, roars and tears of joy as Neville Chamberlain finally returned to his hotel and gave-what correspondents termed almost unprecedented for a British Prime Minister-an informal interview. Incredulous at this break, newshawks found Neville Chamberlain seated at a desk, sipping a cup of coffee and rolling a cigar between his lips with evident satisfaction. He shoved across the desk a copy of a communiqué to be issued in the names of himself and Adolf Hitler: "We regard the agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Vox Populi | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...Theatre, surprises as a near-uproarious satire. There are frequent dull moments, particularly when Hollywood gives its standard expose of how college students live, but the most of the situations are either so ridiculous or so close to the truth that they compel laughter. Enough in itself is the wild-eyed performance of John Barrymore as Gabby Harrigan, the governor with the Communist thatch, who makes political promises solely in order to brighten the voters' lives with anticipation. Framework for the picture's satiric thrusts is the story of an exotic senatorial campaign which is fought out by the opposing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/7/1938 | See Source »

Irving Hall, 195-pound six-footer, and Captain Larry Atwell, 185-pound triple threat, will be the Bear's big claws offensively. Hall ran wild against the Brown scrubs a couple of days ago, while Atwell's chef d'oeuvre is his quick kicking...

Author: By Staff Correspondent, | Title: TOUCH BACKFIELD, TAME LINE SHOWN SO FAR BY BEARS | 9/28/1938 | See Source »

...remember that at this time last year neither Mr. Sampson nor any one else were blowing the praises of Struck. As a matter of fact, Struck was not dubbed the "magnificent faker" and a few dozen "Alls" and a lot of other compliments until after he ran wild in the Princeton game...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Gridmen In High Gear Compared to '37 | 9/27/1938 | See Source »

...George and her husband are watching over their two handsome daughters. Because Colonel St. George, a shady Wall Street speculator, needs the financial assistance of a still shadier Mr. Clossons, Mrs. St. George agrees to entertain Mrs. Clossons. This brings their girls into friendship with the Clossons' wild daughter, and gets ambitious Mrs. St. George in wrong with the Manhattan dowagers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Last Novel | 9/26/1938 | See Source »

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