Word: wound
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...theorists: the negative proton and the neutrino. Some of these little entities were charged with positive electricity, some with negative; some were electrically neutral or inert. Some were "heavy" or massive in relation to others-the ratio being about that of a ton to a pound. The physicists wound up. for the time being, with a nicely balanced table of discovered and hypothetical basic particles of matter, as follows...
...last week took over the Journal and American's "Voice of Broadway," immediately implored producers to ring up their curtains at 9:30 p. m., on the grounds that she is "an eating girl" and, as things stand, goes to the theatre half starved. "Or else," she wound up, "send me sandwiches with my tickets." If her suggestion were adopted, critics on morning newspapers would have only 15 minutes to write their reviews...
...livelihood as a scenic artist, painting backdrops for Broadway shows. A veteran of twelve years of riding flying shingles, he knows better than to depend on his racing earnings. In 1935, when he won the Albany marathon (worth $250) and spreadeagled the field in almost every other regatta, he wound up with the coveted...
...plays. They should have realized they were up against a team which was bottling up their spinners by closing in. They should have taken to the air early and often. But anyone can criticize the choice of plays of a losing club; this, like Geneva, does not heal the wound...
...last trumpet which literally flattens out everything in front of it. ... It is the last sound that many people ever hear, even if they are not killed, because their eardrums are burst in and they are deafened for life. It occasionally kills people outright without any obvious wound...