Word: stinging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...guidons. On the platform above the massed delegates, in a little orchard of flags and microphones, was the fruit of previous years of party vegetation, the National Committee. In a separate enclosure, the Press hovered over the scene, its individuals buzzing busily to carry news pollen or angrily to sting the Democracy with satire and ridicule...
...first suspected that mosquitoes might be carriers, as in the case with malaria. Numerous microscopic examinations, however, revealed that either because its sting is administered more deeply in the flesh or because the saliva of the insect is inimical to the parasite, the mosquito is definitely not a carrier. That the Eusimulium fly was the true source of infection was proved conclusively by over 2000 microscopic examinations...
...Harvard riders meet a Westwood aggregation of polo players on the Commonwealth Armory tanbark tomorrow night, in their fourth game of the season. The hard-riding opposition receives additional strength from the presence of Captain F. D. Sharp, the Harvard coach, who plays with a sting which is uncommon in indoor polo. It is hoped that L. S. Dillingham '34, star first line player who has been laid up the last few weeks will see action next week, when the malletmen face the 110th Cavalry...
With a low percentage of bad puns, sternly denying himself more than an occasional nibble at his favorite whimsy-pastry, in Swiss Family Manhattan Christopher Morley has written a satire that is so mild-mannered, so good-natured there is no sting...
...Brooklyn, Thomas Prendergast, while driving his car, felt a sting on his nose. His nose began to bleed, would not stop. Thomas Prendergast drove to a hospital. While a doctor was examining him he coughed, spat out a bullet...