Word: rage
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...observing that the couple charm each other, Husband Carter plans to go west, get a divorce, thus allow Mrs. Carter to marry the engaging Bradford. But when he divulges this plan, Manager Bradford coolly declares that he is an itinerant fellow, not given to matrimony. Husband Carter's rage is quelled by his wife, who afterwards tells him that she has never been able to accept Bradford completely. Inspired by this new light on faithful, patient wifehood, Husband Carter decides to stay with Mrs. Carter and consult a new doctor...
Despite the rage of Rio, the choice of demure Lisl Goldarbeiter was enthusiastically greeted elsewhere. At the sight of the slender Viennese, trembling with emotion in her green silk bathing suit, even veteran press correspondents were affected. The mother of another contestant rhapsodized...
...using the raw material in their production to keep the proper balance of protection. The rate on high-grade raw wool was jacked up from 31¢ per Ib. to 34¢ with corresponding increases on finished woollen articles running through the whole schedule. These increases to manufacturers made the farmer rage, since they tended to continue the existing tariff disparity between Husbandry and Industry...
...Sophomore class crew rage was of quite another sort. Yale challenged nowhere but in the first half mile, after which the Ell oarsmen dropped back steadily, finishing five and half lengths in the van of the Crimson eight, which covered the mile and three quarters in 9 minutes 31 seconds...
White-hot rage against the "Iron Man" flamed up in the French press last week, when Dr. Schacht as president of the German Reichsbank raised its discount rate from 6½% to 7½%. The inference drawn excitedly in Paris was that the Reichsbank w?s trying to give the impression that German finances are already overstrained and cannot bear even the present reparations burden...