Word: wilding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while going to work every day for IBM, Australians see themselves as tough rural types bonded by the 'mateship' of the bush. The reality is different. Huddled together in the cities, they turn their backs on the inhospitable and incorruptible land. The ones who choose to live in the wild become the crazies about whom the bush ballads are written, or else they become very strong. But as this movie shows, the bush will not be tamed. It always wins...
This was an exasperating game. There was a one-hour wait for the umpires' arrival at Soldiers Field, one inning umped by a guy in street clothes, 25 hits, eight errors, two wild pitches and a balk (in the same inning), a pair of intentional walks to get to Harvard's hottest hitter, and a game-saving relief stint by Harvard's number two starting pitcher...
...McOsker lost his stuff, letting in two runs on wild pitches in the seventh and three more on four straight hard-luck singles with two out in the eighth...
...city employment office in protest against the lack of jobs. According to some wall posters, unemployment had forced girls into prostitution and turned men to become beggars and thieves. The Hunan Daily thundered against "pickpockets, vagabonds and criminals," and reported that five party officials had been fired for staging "wild parties." A Nanjing (Nanking) newspaper told of a witchcraft murder and a resurgence of fortunetelling and divination...
...most boats, when they win by open water, there is wild celebration. There is none of the jubilation if we don't feel we've rowed well," Brown said. In fact, "the boat coming back sounded like an elevator coming up out of a coal mine"--just a log of coughing and silence...