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Word: awakening (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hitler's first mistake in diplomacy was deceiving the British Prime Minister, for this was the one thing needed to awaken the English people to the realization that German politics were based upon deceit, according to Dr. William Hermanns in a talk in Emerson Hall last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Militarism and Deceit Guide German Policy | 8/28/1942 | See Source »

Another student, Frank French '45, asked his room-mate to awaken him at a specified hour. But he forgot for a moment that said roommate is a radio and recording expert. He remembered fast enough, though, when he heard what sounded like the bells of Big Ben ringing in his ear--an alarm clock rigged up to a powerful amplifying apparatus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Practical Pranksters Play; Bells and Ice Murder Sleep | 8/5/1942 | See Source »

Bells tolled in the Yard yesterday morning in tribute to the memory of Vic Ehler, the same bells which Vic rang for so many years to awaken generatons of Yardlings and call them to church...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chapel Bells Toll in Yard In Tribute to Vic Ehler | 4/14/1942 | See Source »

...Japan with Russia, William S. Howe '10, former member of the United States consular service in China, pointed out how the military strength of both countries had been underestimated. Howe criticized the Japanese strategy which called for the attack on Pearl Harbor and said that it did more to awaken and unite our people than anything else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forum Discusses Japan's Strength | 12/16/1941 | See Source »

...must nip the movement in the bud. I call upon the College to awaken from its apathy before it is too late. We may one day walk into the Indoor Athletic Building to find that one lane of the swimming pool has been reserved for the R----e sea serpents on the grounds that their swimming facilities are inadequate. But, to return to the problem at hand, we must face the broader question: Why give them books at all? My contention has always been that women should be modestly busy in the kitchen or modestly idel in the parlor. Would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

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