Word: quested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...America," Kohn said, "is on a hectic quest for new values." We are learning anew the worth of democracy and have fortunately been awakened to the gravity of our situation. "Inertia is the enemy of men," he said, "and the road to hell is paved with good intentions. A demand for a second front proves that our people have been awakened...
Died. Dr. Raymond Lee Ditmars, 65, best-known snake man in the U.S.; in Manhattan. Successful popularizer of herpetology, entomology (Snakes of the World, Thrills of a Naturalist's Quest), he was Curator of Reptiles at The Bronx Zoo from 1899 until last January. Died. Joseph Francis Jiranek, 69 ("Joe Jackson, the tramp cyclist"); of a heart attack; in the wings of Manhattan's Roxy Theater...
...practical view point, because those who speak for India are hopeless visionaries, Ghandi and Nehru have become irrationally possessed, as only an Indian can, with the idea of complete independence for India, and their passion for the idea has blinded them to every practical aspect of their country's quest for freedom, the professor stated...
...opening night, in a house filled with lowbrows in quest of the old corn, it was Caviartist Draper who stopped the show...
...visitors have already scored a significant victory over Tufts, which had beaten the Crimson earler in the season, and which had topped M.I.T. and Northeastern in quest of the mythical championship...