Word: springs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was one more important job to do; then the tired, sad-eyed man with the soft voice and spring-steel will could go home. From his somber headquarters in Berlin this week, the U.S. Military Governor for Germany would send the order to the troops and civilians of his command: get the trains, trucks and barges moving back into Berlin. After that, General Lucius DuBignon Clay would be heading back to the U.S. for retirement...
Into Athens' Constitution Square rumbled a bus full of wounded Greek soldiers. They waved their crutches jauntily, sang hearty peasant songs and enjoyed the warm spring weather. After a hard winter, the city's heavy-scented orange blossoms were out at last. And in their rugged mountains, the stubborn Communist guerrillas at last seemed to be weakening...
...balconies and rooftops, strings of yellow fish dried in the hot spring sun. Shouting, gesturing crowds thronged around the rice shops to lay in supplies. Mayor Chen Liang asked everyone to plant victory gardens. No need to worry, he said: "The pillboxes around Shanghai are as many as the stars...
...administrative side the Question of Geography at Harvard is more important than the educational. With practically no warning, all nonpermanent appointees in Geography were dropped by the University last spring. Faced with this large hole in the teaching staff, the faculty voted to eliminate Geography as a field of concentration. Then came excuses Harvard can't have everything; must economize; better no department than a too-small one. There were counter arguments: Harvard's Geography staff was as large as corresponding departments in other Universities; the Geographical Institute was a big positive asset. Then the administration pulled the "no comment...
Until last night, the absence of D'Oyly Carte had made 1949 a pretty cheerless spring for this Gilbert and Sullivan fan. But some devoted enthusiasts at Winthrop House and Radcliffe thought the situation intolerable, and under the direction of Sam Wilson, they have set it right with a rollicking presentation of "Trial by Jury...