Word: burstingly
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...this the Convention burst into hearty applause. Even Henry Cabot Lodge pounded his umbrella upon the floor, although it was an attack upon his group and he knew...
...Democratic side of the aisle, in the rear row, Heflin of Alabama shone, his elephantine frame resplendent in cream colored pongee. Ever and anon the great chider would burst forth in oratory, belaboring the Republicans ?regular and insurgent?making the galleries laugh. When a Republican rose in reply, and there seemed any possibility of a successful counter attack, Caraway of Arkansas interposed. He wandered from seat to seat, with his hands in his pockets, or walked like a monk in the monastery yard? head bowed, hands held before him? stopping only to drawl an apt, ironical remark...
Without an official count of the figures, Governor Cox of Massachusetts made and Senator Watson from Indiana seconded the motion that General Dawes be nominated by acclamation. The motion was finally carried in a burst of wild cheering and shouting...
...Abilene, Tex. The House listened attentively. "I refer," pursued the Congressman eloquently, "to Mr. Will Rogers, who is seated in yonder gallery." Congressional eyes were raised in unison. There was a hushed silence. Mr. Rogers, who was without his lariat, blushed furiously. Then a storm of applause burst from the legislators. Mr. Rogers bowed modestly...
...Dismer of Columbia Road, Washington. Pigeons can fly enormous distances- birds have been killed in New York State whose crops contained undigested grains of rice that must have been plucked in South Carolina or Georgia. They can fly well over 70 miles an hour in a burst of speed. But even a slow, man-controlled airplane can beat them as a letter-carrier...