Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...lapse opened the door to power, but of limited power only. Before, Nicholas was a minor prince; now he is a member of the Regency Council, a great step forward; but when Carol's son King Mihai comes of age Nicholas will be completely eclipsed. The sudden feeling of limited power has upset his balance...
...hall staircase. In spite of her coolness and common sense, the burglar got away. Soon after came the first murder. It was followed by two more, by three murderous assaults, one suicide. Author Rinehart knows well how to build up complications, weight the story with suspense, illuminate it with sudden flashes of climax that leave the secret darker than before. Her characters are remarkably human for people in the pages of a detective story: they are frail, inconsistent, humorous, faulty. The detective is no Sherlock Holmes but a hard-working policeman who has to satisfy the district attorney, then...
...sudden squall in the turbulent Polish Sejm (Parliament) flung out Kasimir Bartel as Prime Minister of Poland last week. Professor Juljan Szymanski, amiable oculist-editor, strove valiantly to form another Cabinet, at the request of President Ignacy Moscicki. The proceedings infuriated Poland's Dictator, Marshal Josef Pilsudski, whose official position is merely that of Minister...
With the skill of a great composer, the authoress establishes her main theme upon the plan of a symphony. The environment and teachings of the main character Diony Hall form the motif recurrent throughout. Behind the sudden death and vivid reality of the frontier life in Kentuck runs strands of memories from his days in Virginia. Such repetition of familiar ideas is helpful in conveying to the reader the longings of the pioneer woman's soul. The prose is melodiously in keeping with symphonic structure, possessing a meaty sensuousness seldom encounted in modern authors and rising at points to poetry...
...from a dubious past, to decorous Wichita, Kan., captivated Wichita's belle, Sabra Venable, carried her off with him over the protests of her family to help build the new Territory of Oklahoma. They settled in Osage City (a fictitious name), where houses were scarce, water scarcer, whiskey and sudden death plentiful, a man's life worth less than a horse's. Yancey started a newspaper, made many friends, many enemies. At Osage's first church service, held in Arkansas Grafs tent-saloon, Yancey killed his chief rival. The newspaper prospered; Yancey lost interest in it. One day he disappeared...