Word: agog
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Primo Camera, gigantic Italian fisticuffer, heard a fire alarm ring near the Park Plaza, his Manhattan headquarters. All agog, he rushed to the street, discovered firemen putting out a small blaze in the Plaza annex, would not calm himself until he had used his great paws to help screw a fire-hose to a hydrant...
...attention as the "Royal"' motors pass, even by His Serene Highness Governor Horthy of the Kingdom of Hungary, who acts as regent for the vacant but existing Throne. Last week the Archduchess Isabella was reported "prostrated," and H. I. H. is not easily prostrated. All Budapest, all Hungary was agog...
Last week all Paris was agog with rumors that Prime Minister André Tardieu was seriously pondering whether to break off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. Excitement grew when the private airplane of Sir Henri Deterding, Anglo-Dutch oil tycoon, arrived from London at Le Bourget and Sir Henri sped by motor to confer for two hours with M. Tardieu, then dashed back to his plane, flew home to London. Observers pondered the most widely believed explanation of Sir Henri's movements: he came at the request of M. Tardieu who wanted to know whether French consumers...
...According to Santa Rosa folks, the whole community is all agog over Balbinb's pregnancy. They are at loss to comprehend the pregnancy of the man. The news about Balbino traveled fast and wide in Opon. and Balbino is the talk...
...appeal of this pair, whose daily mail is prodigious, whose popularity unquestionably exceeds that of any other radio performers, consists chiefly in their blending of simple narrative interest with skillful Negro characterization. People who for years have followed the fortunes of Mutt & Jeff and the Katzenjammer Kids are naturally agog to discover what will happen to Amos 'n' Andy in their next radio installment. People who have roared mightily at Moran & Mack and the late great Bert Williams are naturally prepared to enjoy the Negroid inflection and viewpoint of Amos 'n' Andy. Their dialogs describe...