Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Even before the third surprise was complete, the fourth surprise had taken place. A British Army of 400,000 men, all but surrounded in Flanders, succeeded in effecting its escape by sea from Dunkirk-explained by dogged British courage, the reckless brilliance of British seamanship, and the ability of the Royal Air Force to maintain local command of the air. The fifth surprise took place no one knew exactly when-when Hitler found his forces unable to undertake a direct assault last summer on Britain herself. The explanation has never been completely given, but it included as its chief ingredients...
...nberg. having tied the orchestras of two continents in knots, set about composing something still more difficult. When he had finished his new piece, a Violin Concerto, Schönberg announced that it w?as practically unplayable, that, to play it, violinists would have to grow their fourth fingers an inch or two longer. Crowed he: "The concerto is extremely difficult, just as much for the head as for the fingers...
Last week Utilitarian Foshay was starting on his fourth year as paid secretary of the Salida Chamber of Commerce. The annual membership drive was under way and he was working like a beaver. Back of him were three years of success. Salida was on its way to becoming a ghost town in the early '30s. The Denver & Rio Grande Western took away its shops and offices, two mines closed down, 3,000 citizens moved away. First thing W. B. did was advertise. On the highways he set up strings of hearts bearing the admonition "Follow the Hearts to Salida...
...Barker, Rick Cutler, and George Scott. The total points involved in these two races will probably be split quite evenly, but the Varsity has a destined advantage in the final relay. There will not be a 440, so Bus Curwon could team up with Powers, Stowell, and a fourth man to form a relay quartet which the Alumni would have a hard time equaling...
...Konneth S. Latcurette, Professor of Missions and Oriental History at Yale, will talk on "Our Own Age," in Appleton Chapel, at 8 o'clock. This is the fourth of his series of William Belden Noble Lectures at Harvard this year on "The Outlook for Christianity...