Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britain's battleships that sank the Bismarck. It was the fleet air arm. And so, paradoxically, the speedy sinking of the Bismarck gave little cheer to those who wish to believe that Britain's navy is mistress of the seas. On the contrary, it was reserved for the pride of Hitler's navy to prove for the first time that even the mightiest unescorted battleship cannot long withstand an aerial attack. And in the air, Germany has all the advantage...
...Atlanta recently assembled his 1,000 convict laborers, told them that U.S. defense required a speedup in the production of uniforms, tents, powder bags, other Army and Navy items manufactured in the prison shops. Last week the prisoners' monthly publication (The Atlantian) reported the response: a hearty cheer for Warden Sanford, a doubling of overtime, a 100% speed-up in production...
There was a cheer from the crowd. Behind the President sat the notables-Secretary Hull, Viscount Halifax, Jesse Jones, impassive as dignitaries must be. But testy old Carter Glass let the left side of his mouth curve ferociously, as it does when he is pleased...
...important situation that arises. Embarrassing problems such as the recent Negro incident would naturally be met by this committee. In addition, it would absorb the duties of the Undergraduate A. C. serving as a clearing house for complaints and suggestions, as the administrator of details such as managerial and cheer-leading competitions and the reception of visiting teams. Composed of the captains of major and minor sports, it would be divorced from the essentially different house athletic organizations. If this new committee can be realized with broader powers than a powers than a mere house committee, Harvard athletics will enter...
Messages of cheer and hope for eventual democracy and freedom are daily being broadcast over radio station WRUL to all the European nations by many prominent news commentators and a large group of Harvard professors and instructors...