Word: forward
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...answers were brought forward by the University president to the question, "Why should the citizens of a relatively wealthy state be taxed to help the edu- cation in poorer states?" He said that 1) the nation's youth are "future citizens of the entire country" and (2) the people of the U. S. are mobile so that the school child of a poor area is the potential inhabitant of a wealthy city...
Joseph L. McCorison, Jr., Boston director of the National Conference, declared that he has "been looking forward to the formation of such a group at Harvard for some time. The National Conference of Christians and Jews will be very happy to assist the Harvard undergraduates in their enterprise...
...last winter as the first step in its new all-year schedule. Under the guiding hand of Holmes, who has remained associated with the band since his own undergraduate days, and manager Walter J. Skinner '48, the musicians will make a spring tour of neighboring colleges and are looking forward to bigger and better seasons adding color, life, and originality to the College musical scene...
Fast Enough. How fast is a snail's pace? At College Park, Md., U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service conchologists (mollusk fanciers) were measuring to find out. Dr. Paul Galtsoff puts a seagoing snail inside a drum of transparent plastic. When the snail moves (either forward or backward) the drum revolves, recording the snail's motion on a sheet of smoked paper. Conchs move fastest: an average 19 feet an hour. Little oyster drills, one inch long, move only a couple of feet...
...sprang forward, with my sword in my hand. The black creature suddenly contracted toward the foot of the bed . . . and [fixed me) with a glare of skulking ferocity and horror. ... I struck . . . with my sword. ... I pursued, and struck again. But [the "vampire] was gone! and my sword flew to shivers against the door...