Word: cannoned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...building was purchased by the University in 1896 along with the property on which the Germanic Museum now stands. The building soon came to be called Cannon House, after the late Walter B. Cannon, '96, professor of Physiology, who occupied it for 30 years. It was moved by horse in 1930 to make way for the Institute of Geographical Exploration. Since 1942 Cannon House has been home to such organizations as the School for Overseas Administration, which trained men in such languages as Chinese and Japanese, a group of chaplains, a fraternity, and-an International House for students...
...depicts life in Communist countries, shows people dying in prison, idle factories, cannon ready to fire, churches demolished, and people in slave camps. The sharpest touch: a mask of Rivera peering from behind a dollar-sign totem pole...
...fame spread beyond France, he began training a team of assistants. He taught them his secrets, but none could quite duplicate his touch. Whenever business slacked off, Rudier & Co. made metal castings for French industry. "To keep his team together," says a friend, "Rudier would cast cannon balls if necessary...
Asia is not afraid we will use it as cannon fodder in our drive to contain communism. Owen Lattimore told over 600 listeners at the China seminar of the All College Conference last Saturday. It fears more that the West will try to reestablish colonialism there...
Upon completion of either program, students receive commissions as Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Contrary to rumor, Elder declared, newly commissioned Second Lieutenants do not automatically become "cannon fodder." He revealed that a recent survey of the latest Officer Candidate Class showed that of 515 duty assignments, only 116 were sent to replacement centers in California, the others receiving stateside billets or admission to specialist schools...