Word: aftermath
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first shock of the Doolittle raid was tremendous, but the effect soon passed and the Tokyo Government turned the aftermath to good account in Japan. Anti aircraft defenses were reorganized, and a great campaign was launched to stimulate public air raid precautions. The Govern ment even distributed copies of LIFE maps of Japan, to remind the Japanese that the enemy knew where to strike...
Between 1919 (when Personal History begins) and 1942 (when Between the Thunder and the Sun ends) there occurred the aftermath of Bolshevik revolution, the Italian Fascist revolution, the Chinese revolution, the Nazi revolution, the New Deal, the Spanish Civil War and the outbreak of World War II. At some time or other Vincent Sheean managed to look in at all of them. He has a unifying sense, derived from his Marxist studies, that all these historic spasms were related forms of a common convulsion, a worldwide social revolution. He writes with vividness and candor of his own life amidst this...
...aftermath to Saturday afternoon's crew races, six colleges competed in a dinghy race meet on the Charles River yesterday, the Crimson coming out on top with 104 points, topping M. I. T. by two. Boston College and Northeastern were tied for third with...
...aftermath to the House hockey and basketball season, Adolph, W. Samborski '25, Director of Intramural Athletics, has issued his annual official all-House teams...
...client was pronounced dead and Jimmy collected his fee, $100. The aftermath: next day Jimmy was picked up on a drunk-and-disorderly charge. He posted a $10 bond, which he forfeited. His drunks usually follow each service to a client and Jimmy laments the fact that he almost never gets more than $90 cash out of a visit because of the bonds he forfeits...