Word: resurrection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...teacher doesn't have a good time while he's teaching," the professor says, "no one else does," and practices what he preaches by thoroughly enjoying each lecture. His mimicry, pantomime, and caustic remarks on every topic in the all-inclusive course resurrect authors and characters alike, and although the amours of the Cavalier poets may not appear on the final examination, few open-minded listeners object to his treatment of them. All but the most serious grinds have been able to consider a "hot" lecture as "atmosphere...
...year leave in Service, and who plan to remain for just one year, are forced to take this exam covering the particular branch of history in which they have specialized. Men who began their training in History 5 or 63 back in 1941 or '42 are forced to resurrect their notes and memories and, without benefit of tutorial, gird themselves for a test that may mean the difference between a degree this year, a degree next year, or perhaps, no degree...
...Communist salvation is something that still appalls a large part of Europe-almost certainly a majority of the people of western Europe. So there have arisen these "Christian" parties, mainly Catholic but some Protestant and some a mixture of both. One would like to believe that "Christian" politics would resurrect Europe to sanity and stability. . . . But I am leaving Europe convinced that few are going to last long, and that none will render much service of a constructive nature. They have come into being for only one purpose, and that negative-to fight the Communists. ... As a result, they draw...
...small children climb all over you in the afternoon, and sailors and their girl-friends distract you in the evening. There is a soda-dispenser in the lobby and there is the sickening smell of popcorn pervading the establishment at all times. But despite it all, it manages to resurrect the Marx Brothers about every other week, and with plugs in your nose and blinkers on your eyes, they are well worth an hour of your Reading Period time...
...could expect a blast from the other side too. The Communists seemed ready to hurl their inevitable charge of a capitalist plot to form an anti-Soviet western bloc. When a reporter for Moscow's Tass News Agency asked Léon Blum whether he really wanted to resurrect the Second International, Blum replied he did not understand the question. The Tassman rushed from the room, in a huff, slamming the door...