Word: fervorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ugly name: zombies (living dead men). Last week Canada's Pacific Coast commander, ruddy-faced Major General G. R. Pearkes (rhymes with quirks), who won the Victoria Cross in World War I, called in a World War II V.C. to help arouse a spark of fighting fervor in his zombies...
Tired, Lackadaisical, Lustless? Officers, noting the popularity of these plugs, put them to work kidding soldiers' deficiencies-such as sleep: "Do you wake up in the morning with bags under your eyes, tired, lustless; do you do K.P. with no fervor or dig a lackadaisical latrine? Then try our product spelled...
Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B Flat Major (Chicago Symphony, Frederick Stock conducting; Victor; 8 sides). Chausson's symphony, written in 1890 before the composer's death (at 44) in a bicycle accident, combines somewhat Wagnerian romantic fervor with fine Parisian workmanship. Performance: excellent. Recording: good...
...World Order (TIME, Nov. 22) closed last week, even the optimistic Council of Bishops, which led the campaign, was pleasantly surprised. For four weeks 23 teams of bishops, ministers, laymen, lay women, crisscrossed the U.S., held one-day meetings in 76 cities. Everywhere Methodists turned out with traditional fervor, prayed, sang hymns, heard addresses, climaxed the day by sending servicemen post cards with Howard Chandler Christy's picture The Prince of Peace. Total attendance at the rallies...
...Cubans' ball-handling was about the slickest ever seen in Manhattan's packed and cheering Madison Square Garden. Basketbol shares Cuban sporting fervor with beisbol and boxeo. The season lasts seven months on outdoor, wooden courts. It took Havana's team only ten minutes to get their indoor bearings. From then on split-vision faking and passing kept them always in the lead. The "Caballeros of the Caribbean" go home after two more games: with Canisius at Buffalo early this week, and with Temple at Philadelphia on New Year...