Word: peeks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week cheers in the streets got the best of Mr. Dunbar's curiosity. Although he had not before shown his face at a window lest he be recognized, he took a peek, saw British tanks rolling down the street. He buttoned on his clerical collar, stepped out into the open for the first time in five months, added his cheers to the others...
Down the first base line of the Varsity diamond, the groundkeeper is wheeling his lining barrow, but instead of dribbling lime, it sprinkles seeds which will soon sprout into lusty egg-plants. Then peek in the Stadium itself. Hundreds of stout Radclifflians, wearing yellow yellow badges labeled "Official," are milling about on what used to be the scene of historic gridiron duels. But now the turf is being torn up in long, deep-brown furrows. And the old familiar chant of "Rah-rah-rah" that formerly echoed through the Stadium of a weekend afternoon has given place...
...just take a peek into Widener if you want to see the extreme case. There, practically any hour of day or night, can be found Harvard men studying--a rare phenomenon in these times of stress...
Radar, one of the most heavily curtained of war secrets, was bared for a quick peek by the Army and Navy. The word stands for "radio detecting and ranging." Basis of operation, a high-frequency radio ray, scanning air or sea, bounces back from objects it strikes: e.g., ships or planes. Radar measures the infinitesimal fraction of a second this takes (at 186,000 miles an hour), thus calculates distance as well as direction. Both Britain and Germany have similar devices...
Those chosen for the two College teams are: affirmative, Sheldon K. Beren '44, captain, Haskell Gredberg '44 and Samuel E. Stuart '45; negative, John E. Corrigan '44, captain, Cornelina J. Peek '45 and Francis de S. Weidich...