Word: war-torn
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Perceiving their unique position as pacifists in a war-torn world, the men plan to record their reactions and opinions for future reference. Members are to contribute essays, articles, and copies of their filled-out draft forms to build up a collection which will be bound and placed in the Widener archives...
Dogged by added work and uncertain tenure, the class of '44 must make a decision in which time is the vital element. For the many Juniors already or soon to be caught before graduation by the draft, the Album will be available in February rather than June. Thus a war-torn class can still emerge with a class book. And a class book, even a joint effort such as this, is far better than none...
...Eastern Languages with its obvious intimacy with the world situation, stands as the most war-torn department of all the various language fields and English. The smaller departments have found that their cliques of faithful adherents will not desert them to the more warlike concentrations, and the larger have been able to adjust their programs and retain their usefulness and attractiveness...
Fleeing from Poland to Italy and then through a war-torn France to Lisbon and the America-bound steamer "Excambion," Waclaw Lednicki, visiting professor of Slavonic literature has managed to keep one precarious step ahead of the Gestapo...
...Engineer Fritz Todt and General Georg Thomas. Todt's boys specialize in wrecking and saving: carrying off to Germany everything that can be carried, supervising and maintaining for German benefit everything that cannot. They are speedy and efficient at repairing and replacing damaged equipment and property in war-torn regions. Versatile, they are equally able to strip a country with the speed and efficiency of a horde of African army ants...