Word: wildness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...something longer, headier, woozier-such as the tale of a small Dylan accompanying a busload of revelers on a daylong ride from one pub to another, till "dusk came down warm and gentle on thirty wild, wet, pickled, splashing men without a care in the world at the end of the world in the West of Wales"-that Williams gathers more momentum and garners a real harvest of laughs...
...year. At the time, the world jumped with astonishment: a Russian novelist had not only written critically of the Soviet regime, but had done so bluntly, sarcastically, rudely. With Poland and Hungary threatening to tip the boat, Not by Bread Alone had a special menace because 1) it roused wild excitement among both intellectuals and ordinary citizens in Russia, 2) its blows against the order established by Stalin went a lot farther and deeper than even Khrushchev desired...
...cyclists said that they will not start or stop their vehicles "underneath the Houses" after 11:30 p.m.; that they will have no "excessively raucous or wild operation of motorcycles at any time;" and use "resaonable" courtesy when operating their machines...
This remark brought wild applause from many in the audience, over which Sullivan, shaking his fist, cried, "The citizens of Cambridge want the same kind of service I have given them and will elect me once again!" With this he stalked from the hall, surrounded by screaming and yelling citizens, most of whom left with...
DeVoto and Simmers, by making a catalogue of wild life in the area, have pointed out the acre's importance from a conservationist's view. It contains more than 100 species of plants, about 40 varieties of birds and occasional skunks and muskrats...