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...great military volcano of the Mediterranean got ready to erupt. From Port Said to Gibraltar, steam burst from a hundred vents, and the pent-up force of military, naval and air might rumbled like subterranean lava flows...
Freshmen with pent-up gripes against their courses, instructors, and examinations will be able to give vent to their feelings today in the poll for next year's Confidential Guide to Freshmen Courses. Ballots will be handed out in the Union at lunch and super today, and seathing comments will be welcomed...
WASHINGTON--Frustrated in the North by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's magnificent defense, the Japanese have exploded their pent-up fury upon the southern Philippines...
...loudest and brashest performances of his whole career John L. Lewis this week defied the President of the U.S. All his long, pent-up hatred of Franklin Roosevelt boiling over, John Lewis, like an angry, ranting, old-style tragedian, flatly rejected requests made in the name of his country...
...occasion when a window blind was slamming at Radcliffe. He marched across the room, raised the window, and threw the blind to the ground a story below, remarking "There's more than one way to stop a blind when it slams." But he was not so full of pent-up fury as the quivering young women supposed...