Word: alertly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britons asked themselves if a Government which had bet wrong on a shortage in coal might not also bet wrong on a shortage in dollars. Would Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton suddenly appear in Fuel Minister Emanuel Shinwell's calamitous role? Or would the Government, now alert to dangers, try to save dollars by restrictions on such comparative luxuries as U.S. cigarets, Hollywood films, Texas grapefruit and dried eggs...
...years ago. Given a leader, the Germans would again follow, as they have followed before. But today they have no leadership whatever and no goal. If they are given a goal, they may follow democracy. In any case, as long as the occupation forces remain and are alert, Naziism and militarism will remain what it is now: a dream of a few among millions who don't think...
Editor Charles Clayton Morrison of the Christian Century believes that the surest way to keep Protestants constantly alert is to set off periodic charges of dynamite under them. His blasts frequently have the desired effect...
...radio studios in 13 U.S. cities last week, alert young fourth, fifth and sixth graders perched on the edges of their chairs and strained for the answers to such posers. Each studio was jammed with soprano cheering sections from competing schools. Teachers, who had coached their hopefuls for competition, watched nervously. The program was Quizdown, an interschool contest conducted on old-fashioned spelling-bee lines...
...Europe following the Student Council drive early in March cannot be termed simply as "Following the flag." It is cruel to starving humans to weigh them as pawns in the great gambit for ideological control of key areas. But this food remains American food, distributed to highly sensitive and alert students in areas where food means more than dialectics. If we are not concerned over what happens to the young men of east Europe and China, there are others who will thrive on this indifference. For lack of any other program, food has become the sole American pathway to prestige...