Word: wowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Osborn?"The astral body theory . . . made it an eminently proper play. It took the edge from the guilty delight of such spectators as had thought to shout 'Wow!' and felt impelled instead to murmur 'Blah...
Many, many years ago an opera called Cavalleria Rusticana was composed. It proved, as a vaudevillian would say, an immediate wow. Its Intermezzo, written as a time-filler to cover the distribution and consumption of oranges between the acts, has been scored for every known combination of instruments, including flute and banjo, hand-organ, and the voice of John McCormack...
Last month, when the Sino-Russian pow-wow was on in Peking, Dr. Jacob G. Schurman, U. S. Minister to China, wrote to American-educated Dr. V. K Wellington Koo, Chinese Foreign Minister, and requested the Chinese Government to see that the foreign interests in the Railway were protected...
President Hopkins is known to be in favor of anything that stirs up the mind of the undergraduate. At a recent speech before the National Dartmouth Pow-Wow at Chicago he said: "If Lenine and Trotsky were available, I certainly would bring them into the faculty. I know no man and no interest I would not present if this would stir up the mind of the undergraduate." Open-mindedness, the ability to think, and the formation of personal convictions are, according to him, the most cherished aims of a liberal college and the greatest need of the hour...
...Carroll's second best guess was Joe Cook. In the music halls Mr. Cook was what is known as a "wow." Particularly was he famous for his involved absurdities relating to just why a man of his wealth and position should not be called upon to imitate four Hawaiians. Counting on the permanent wave of popular esteem to carry him through the Vanities, Mr. Carroll gave him infinite opportunity. Mr. Cook fell down. He fell down not once but many times. The first few times it was funny...