Word: lull
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...death of the Pope last week caused a lull in international war drummings, celebrations, diplomatic and social functions. Italy stopped its violent newspaper campaign against the European democracies for a whole three days, renewed it early this week with new vigor. Gracious comment on Pius' death in German newspapers was that he was a "political" Pope and the next one should...
...Arab Victor E. Sawabini, spoke in an embarrassing lull at the meeting at which Michael P. Grace '40, who presided, was filling in with humorous stories while waiting for Dorothy Stone, a scheduled speaker, to arrive. Miss Stone never arrived...
Resuming their League schedule after nearly four weeks of midyear lull, the Varsity puckmen will face off with a dangerous Dartmouth six tonight at the Boston Garden in the opening game of a very tough February ice campaign...
...normal. The fact that public spending as indicated by bank debits showed a marked downtrend, posed the possibility that consumption might not support even the present rate of production. Balance of expert opinion, however, continued last week to term this industrial hesitation a "pause that refreshes" rather than a "lull before the storm...
...Year's lull the Loyalist soldiers, better fed than the civilian population, got a half bottle of beer apiece, a few pieces of candy, a dinner of chick-pea soup, meat stew with potatoes, and coffee. The Rebels enjoyed two hot meals like this every day, plus a special coffee ration to hearten them through the freezing cold weather...