Word: jolts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...probably very lucky, but until last night I had not actually encountered any of the loose talk of a third war against Russia. But last night I was given a hard jolt. When one hears a good and intelligent friend, who happens to be in the service of our country, say that it is no secret that the American Army is facing the probability of a war with Russia when the "present" war is over, it makes one wonder. . . . Surely this is just one soldier's opinion, and not the opinion of our whole Army...
...days when most Harvard men were graduated into Wall Street or Dad's office, the College's function was that of training Cardinal Newman's "gentleman"--he who "carefully avoids whatever may cause a jar or jolt in the minds of those with whom he is cast." But since that day, our nation has come to know many things--the glitter and disillusionment of World War I, the shoddy decade of demoralization that followed demobilization, the years of leanness and social waste, the present conflict. As we have learned the lesson, so has Harvard realized that its most important duties...
...R.A.F. began to explore the strategy and potentialities of mass raids in March 1942, with a concentrated, 30-minute, night assault on Lübeck. "It was not a vital wound or anything like it but it was an unpleasant jolt...
...such an adaptation has, to my mind, been long overdue. Therefore the period of stress and strain on which we are now entering may well prove to be beneficial. Contrary to a view prevalent in certain quarters, academic institutions are among the most conservative in human history. An occasional jolt may be wholesome; it forces adjustments to meet now needs...
...plan enough to call it their own prodigy, push it through the legislative mill, and take the credit. Looking back over the record of the Treasury's failures on Capitol Hill, it looks like easy money on Congress, a seat in the bleachers for Mr. Ruml, and a sharp jolt to the taxpayer who has been floating around in the optimistic misconception that the switch to pay-as-you-go will mean no taxes this year. In his interests, we hope the smoke settles soon...