Word: stirring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...preliminary stir of spring activities furnished the tone to the past week at Harvard...
...editorial, "we may look for a development of individualism and bid a fond farewell to the mold that stamps every Yale man alike." It was not perhaps a very radical program; perhaps most of its radical features appeared in their final editorial, yet it was strong enough to stir the incoming board to a staunchly conservative reaction...
...seat in Leicester which he represented until 1918; in 1911 he became Leader of the Labor Party, a post which he resigned in 1914 when the Laborites refused to follow him in his pacifist policy; throughout the War he was energetic in trying to stir up trouble, he became one of the most unpopular men in Parliament, he tried to go to Russia?the ship's crew went on strike, he tried to go to Stockholm to meet the Bolsheviki?the Government refused to grant him passports; he became a political nonentity in 1918 and did not regain his seat...
Captain Dixon will oppose Channing Wakefield of Lincoln's Inn at 5.00 o'clock on court 14. Both are players of note and a close match is predicted. Dixon's victory over Peabody, the state champion, last week caused quite a stir. In squash circles, but his recent close match with Carroll Harrington in the College tournament gives indication of a slight decline. However, it is expected that the Harvard captain will be in top form and as steady as ever this afternoon. Wakefield is the University champion and ranks third in the state list. He and Dixon have...
Perhaps few ideas are more apt to stir the average undergraduate than the idea of socialism. Some will argue on it until the small hours of the morning, fiercely pro or antagonistic. Some will laugh it off with a gesture, and immediately double three no trumps. While others may take occasion to curse "those damn radicals" and be more careful to lock their doors even when they...