Word: wildness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...police told a different story-of a wild 40-block chase at 80 m.p.h. and an apparently drunken driver who stepped on the gas just as the investigating officer reached in the window. Taking the stand in his own behalf, Bova, 23, said that the car "gave a sudden lurch forward. My feet were knocked out from under me. I recall making a grab to get my balance. At this time, my revolver was unintentionally fired...
They answered by the uncounted thousands. Phone wires were suddenly cut and roads blockaded all over the kingdom. Shooting broke out in Kampala, and bands of wild-eyed Baganda, shouting war cries and waving machetes, overturned buses and trucks at major intersections. Up the broad avenue to King Freddy's palace marched hundreds of men and women-some with babies strapped to their backs-setting gasoline fires in front of the troops who tried to stop them...
...year ago, Hugo was content to munch the wild grasses and reeds along the Kurasini bank. Then one night he began feasting on the sweet potatoes, maize stalks and plump cabbages grown by nearby farmers. Before long, villagers were grabbing up their machetes and spears and shouting for Hugo's hide. With his speed (up to 30 m.p.h.) and sharp sense of smell, Hugo managed to elude his pursuers. Yet it seemed only a matter of time before he would be caught...
...husband bugs her bedroom, dynamites her mother, and climbs into a gorilla suit to turn her wedding party into a King Kong-sized disaster. Throughout it all, she remains radiant and ripe, a plum with aplomb that drove the critics wild...
Some aspects of the new system may have been unjustly maligned. Despite wild rumors, there is no evidence that the Committee dumped huge blocs of athletes or any other category of freshmen into particular Houses. Just the same, the system was an unsuccessful experiment, failing to balance the claims of student preference against those of the Houses' welfare. The Committee should continue to experiment, but the first step must be an upgrading of choice in next year's plan...