Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wanted his audience (a group of New England manufacturers) to realize, however, that there was no "easy and popular way to armed security." Air power was the primary attack weapon, but in the long run, said Infantryman Bradley, "a war between nations is reduced to one man defending his land while another tries to invade it. Whatever the devastation of his cities and the disorder in his existence, man will not be conquered until you fight him for his life...
...King Charles I. To mark the occasion, many speeches were made and articles written which drew a wide variety of lessons from the monarch's unhappy fate. Some held it up as a warning against socialism; others as a horrible example of what happens when conservatism thwarts the popular will. It remained, however, for famed Communist Biologist J. B. S. Haldane to produce the most memorable statement on the beheading of King Charles. In the course of a 1,200-word article in London's Daily Worker, Haldane achieved a twelve-word sentence which ought to be placed...
...point your first small burst of energy is over and you retire to your chair and wait; when the fish bites the bob and the flag are pulled into the water and begin waving vigorously. Then you have to unlock the fish and rebait the hook. "Bobhouse fishing," a popular variant of this sport, requires a little hut which you erect over the hole so as to keep warm while watching the red flag for action...
Hanoverian entertainment starts Friday evening with the Outdoor Evening. Here it is that the Queen of the Snows is chosen. Contrary to popular belief, Dartmouth boys don't want their girl chosen queen. She has to pose for photographers for two whole days and is expected to remain relatively sober...
...points. Playing the trombone was Jimmy Archey, whose name is not on the marquee, but who seems the outstanding member of a rare band. The Wilber group has a very special talent for integration and quiet harmony which makes it a welcome change from the noisy cacophony which seems popular now. Wilber, Archey, and the aged Pops Foster take turns backing restrained solo breaks, with only the final choruses of such venerable numbers as "Rose Room," "Muskrat Ramble," and "High Society" erupting into high, driving chords. These closing choruses, plus Archey's solo on "How High The Moon," were...