Word: tore
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eight-letter word and apply it to a real War veteran in your description of Col. Carl Estes which could have been omitted and pleased admirers of good taste (TIME, April 13). You say he is crippled. Yes, and no. German shells tore him to pieces and he has gone through probably more hospitals in search of benefits to his general health than any other man. Crippled? Yes, a little physically, but stronger than horseradish and more healthy than a Missouri mule when it comes to mentality...
...PART OF WILLIAM L. WARD'S ALMOST PERFECT WORLD. They remembered previous signs: WESTCHESTER COUNTY, MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN PARIS, and THOUSANDS HAVE ASKED THE PRICE BUT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT FOR SALE. One sign they had thought sacrilegious: WESTCHESTER ON EARTH-HEAVEN IN THE HEREAFTER. Small boys tore it down...
They then tore down a huge picture of King Alfonso, and ripped it to tatters, hoisted the red flag, and attempted to organize a parade down Barcelona's broad boulevards. Police beat them back with the flats of their sabres...
Squatting upon the speakers' platform Mr. Gandhi ignored the Communists utterly, moved not a muscle when Communists tore his Congress flag from the platform and put up their own. He waited tranquil and serene while Nationalists threw the Communists and their red flag out, restored the red, green & white Nationalist flag...
Yesterday the eighth wonder occurred--in fact it is the consummation of wonders--the Crimson printed an editorial published a while ago in the Daily. We heard that the Daily was mentioned in the Crimson. We tore around searching for a Crimson (one was found in the Dean's office--it can be seen as a curiosity at any time). We looked on the editorial page, and sure enough; the august Crimson has deigned to notice us. We are not stating just what our reactions were to this notice...