Word: fever
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...unmarried "liberal" of 33, John Laskell found himself near death from scarlet fever, then found himself almost in love with his illness and the state of passive contemplation that he had discovered in it. When he tried to describe his feeling to his radical friends, he only succeeded in alienating them...
...seven days the U.S. was gripped by World Series fever. It was pretty hard for anybody to get any work done. Almost every office had a radio going; in New York and Philadelphia, taverns with television did a Klondike business. And many of those who saw the games, like William J. Corrigan of Louisville, seemed to think there was nothing more important in the world...
...regents decided that Dobie must go. The problem was how to get rid of him, for he was the biggest name on the Texas campus. Finally, a way was found. For years, Dobie had taken leave without pay during the fall term to write, and to avoid the hay-fever season. This year, when he applied for leave as usual, Painter refused it, said he must stay on the job. No, said Dobie: hay fever "devastated" him. President Painter thereupon issued a statement: "By this action, Dobie's connection with the university has terminated...
...chance to enter. In the past, Olympic representatives have come mainly from the athletic clubs and the post-college ranks, with only a few from colleges making the grade. But 1948 may be different; at least athletes along the Charles hope to make it so. Olympic fever, a malady unknown for many year, has reappeared in the sports world...
...Pregame fever reached the near-boiling point last night as 1500 vociferous Crimson followers all but tore down the doors of the Indoor Athletic Building in the season's first grid rally. Head-cheerleader Gerry Spear called the torchlight rally "one of the biggest in University history...