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Word: yells (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...judges have become widely known because of the part they had in any given trial. Sir George Jeffreys, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, "whose yell of fury sounded like the thunder of the Judg ment Day," after presiding (1685) at a series of trials known to history as the "bloody assizes," gained what Macaulay has described as "an unenviable immortality." (Macaulay's History of England, chapter IV.) Kenesaw Mountain Landis, tsar of professional baseball, became a national character when, as U. S. District Judge, Northern District of Illinois, he tried (1907) the Standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Judge | 9/15/1924 | See Source »

...yell of fury that "sounded like the thunder of Judgment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Sep. 15, 1924 | 9/15/1924 | See Source »

...Yell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Up to Fifty | 5/26/1924 | See Source »

...journeyed to Manhattan to the annual meeting of the Associated Press, heard President Coolidge make a speech (TIME, April 28). Last week it became known that back in Aurora, Mrs. Snook had listened in by radio, had heard above the applause which greeted the President, a "wild and enthusiastic yell." Forewarned, she recognized Mr. Snook's "holler," "knew that he was all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Up to Fifty | 5/26/1924 | See Source »

...wild and enthusiastic yell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point with Pride: may 26, 1924 | 5/26/1924 | See Source »

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