Word: runge
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like old times in England this Easter Sunday. Once again the people heard their beloved church bells. Muted since Dunkirk three years ago (they were to be rung only to signal invasion), they have pealed out only twice since, on a memorable Sunday last November, when they rang in thanksgiving for the victory at El Alamein, and last Christmas. But now they will ring out each Sunday...
...alarm, rung in from box 481 at University Hall at 9:29 o'clock, brought three engine companies, two ladder companies, one rescue company, and countless delighted students to the scene. Brought to the public eye by the fire was the fact that the University Hall warning signal is the only fire alarm box in the Yard. A few minutes' delay occurred when the Navy sentry who first reached the call box failed to pull the alarm lever...
...alarm, rung in from box 481 at University Hall at 9:29 o'clock, brought three engine companies, two ladder companies, one rescue company, and countless delighted students to the scene. Brought to the public eye by the fire was the fact that the University Hall warning signal is the only fire alarm box in the Yard. A few minutes' delay occurred when the Navy sentry who first reached the call box failed to pull the alarm lever...
...comparison with Russian single-mindedness, the Chinese press has an almost democratic diversity and vivacity. No newspapers have been suppressed outright except the "mosquito" tabloids which before the war achieved a lewdness beyond description. Competing for readers in Chungking are 13 dailies, including the Communist paper, the "liberal" Ta Rung Pao, the Roman Catholic Social Welfare Daily (Yih Shih Pao), the racy evening tabloid, New People's Daily (Hsin Min Pao), and the official Kuomintang and Army sheet, Central Daily News (Chung Yang Jih Pao), which has a partly free circulation of 150,000-perhaps more than...
Kirkland had a flock of a good Sophomores and Freshmen, among them Billy Sparks and Charley Carson, and was just nosed out at the close by Leverett. Adams was in the running all the way, but just couldn't win enough games to get a glimpse of the top rung. Bill Wilcox was their outstanding player...