Word: madding
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...listens keenly when it hears the name of Weimar, although it is not thoroughly convinced when the Constitution of Weimar is mentioned." The Constitution, he added, is "holding a middle ground between Communism in the East and individualism in the West. "We must," said he, "emancipate ourselves from this mad tendency to permit our national life to become Americanized ; we must find our way back to the German soul...
...Manhattan, arrived a boat carrying 129 enthusiastic recruits for the Spanish Foreign Legion of every hue and numerous nationalities. The sight of the Statue of Liberty imbued them with a mad desire to see America. The captain of the ship forbade them to go ashore. As answer, they mutinied. Fists, feet, clubs, chairs, crockery were used. One man drew a knife, was promptly bumped on the head with a club. Eventually police restored order and the ship sailed for Spain...
...fear St. Mawr angered him beyond control. One day, in St. Mawr's own country, near the Devil's Chair in Wales, Rico screamed at the rearing horse and dragged him over backwards. St. Mawr lashed and strained to rise, his neck arched cruelly, his mad eyes leaping from their sockets. Crushed beneath, Rico still reined the immense horse to earth...
...loomed large in debates. Following a Communist attack in the newspaper Welt Am Abend, which cited wholesale extravagances, War Minister Gessler (Democrat) defended the Army estimates by saying: "Germany is disarmed. Germany cannot wage war. Germany is not preparing secretly for war. Those denying these self-evident truths are mad...
...most thrill mad auditor can hardly be dissatisfied with the amazing succession of mystery, murder, ghosts, darkness, weird noises off stage and weird doings on stage. The most skillful amateur detective will find enough mental exercise in the attempt to fathom the mystery. The most exacting audience can find little to criticise in the work of the St. James players. We were frankly prejudiced against Bernard Nedell when we found him cast for the role which belonged so logically to Houston Richards, but his performance was good enough to stifle our prejudice almost completely. It is one of his best...