Word: hopes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sincerely hope the owls have not been taken advantage...
...Hope of gaining the anything near 60 points rests to a great extent on the Crimson weight men and javelin throwers. John Thorndyke, Howie Reed, and Larry Ward would have to sweep the hammer; Jeff Tootell and Don Trimble in the shot, and Tootell in the discus would have to wrest at least six points from Yale aces Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank; and Charlie Kelth and John Holbrook would have to win six or eight points in the javelin...
...from the invasions of all its enemies since the time of William the Conqueror has not proved to be a sufficient bulwark to bar the way to this subtle enemy [modern art]." But, he went on, "modernism is dying in all the countries of the world. Let us hope it will soon be just an unhappy memory." At this, one man in the audience broke into loud, if lonely, applause. People turned to see who it was. Sure enough, it was none other than doughty Sir Alfred Munnings himself...
...buddy had already given him a discreet but troubling shot of Communist propaganda. In a rush of guilt, he concludes that the U.S. is on the wrong side, that the enemies of Chiang Kai-shek ("It is not so important whether we are Communists or not") are the hope of China. He flirts with the idea of helping them, but he is too confused to make up his mind. Even his adventures with a refugee Russian girl and with his boss's wife have a nightmare quality of distracted escape. In the end he does escape, from China...
Albert S. Carison, Dartmouth geographer, had more hope for this area. He said that the growing importance of foreign trade in our economy will benefit maritime New England, and offset the Northeast's disadvantage in domestic commerce...