Word: afoot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Don Mauro was back in Europe after six months in the U.S., setting afoot a campaign to restore Monte Cassino. Fortnight ago, on the 1,400th anniversary of Saint Benedict's death, Pope Pius XII issued an encyclical commending the study of the saint's life and work, and pleading for the restoration of the abbey. Saint Benedict, the Pope said, had kept alive the flame of religion and culture as "a star in the darkness of night...
...students, the new offerings were limited by a scarcity of staff and a dearth of material. Classes were purposely small to air all student suggestions, a valuable check on teaching methods. But with the trial run almost over and student opinion in favor of the scheme, plans are already afoot for larger courses. The enrollment restrictions will be lifted on all coming Humanities classes and seven new upper-group courses will grace the fall catalogue, running from Fine Arts to Far-Eastern Civilizations...
...plan is also afoot to send key British and American officers of all services-army, navy and air-for courses at each other's "postgraduate" joint staff colleges...
When the school cars arrive, children come out of the bush afoot, by canoe and on rail handcars, study in classes from first grade to junior matriculation (twelfth grade). Books, pencils and paper are free...
...Jews put up barricades and their leader, Dr. Seweryn Kahane, telephoned the vice governor's office for help. Instead of dispatching police at once, the vice governor drove in his car to Planty Street to see what was afoot. By that time the crowd numbered 5,000 and was eager for action. Police arrived too late. Jews were lured out of the building by men in army uniforms who promised them safe conduct, then turned them over to the mob. Twenty-seven victims were taken to a nearby schoolyard and knifed, clubbed or stoned to death. Seven more were...