Word: stirrings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...majority in "conscious China" are stolidly indifferent; but the active, educated Chinese, particularly of the student class, has been able to compare the Occidental to his own, older civilization and to find the scales of judgment weighing in China's favor. Consequently, this class has been able to stir the masses out of their traditional inertia and to fan the smoldering fires of latent indignation into a fiery movement that does not lack analogy to the Boxer uprising of 1900. Bolshevik influences, including money, are no doubt a contributing cause of the disaffection, but can be largely discounted...
...will be severely handicapped in intercollegiate competition. We feel that the sentiment of the University, if once aroused, is overwhelmingly in favor of granting it its proper place among the major sports. At the same time we realize that it takes just about an even ton of dynamite to stir the majority of the undergraduates and undergraduate organizations into action. --Daily Princetonian...
...Take six courses in any subject and memorize with concentration. Sprinkle four more in equal distribution. Then throw in another seven according to taste; and season with a reading knowledge of Chinese or Sanscrit and an elementary knowledge of the other Mix thoroughly. Stir in liberal portions of athletics and, if possible, a select clan, or two to give the right tone Add an occasional pinch of sensuality, and soak for four years in alcohol. If the resulting mixture has the right consistency, stamp with an official seal, wrap in parchment, and lay on a shelf. These ingredients will produce...
...India," he continued, "is one of the first objectives of the Bolshevist campaign. The East is the main endeavor of the world revolution, English Imperialism is aimed at. The object is to create a Communist party here, with the assistance of Communists outside, to stir up trouble throughout our Eastern empire and to stir up trouble in labor policy in this country...
Then, doubtless unconsciously, he scored an ill-designed accusation made inter alia by Count Karolyi when he reached Canada, that no loans should be made to the present Hungarian Government because such funds would be used to stir up another war: "As for rumors against loans which claim that the Hungarian Government uses the money for warlike purposes, I will only say that not one cent may be spent for other than economic and financial reconstruction without my consent. And I will not give my consent to anything which does not serve the interest of reconstruction. The Government...