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Word: stirs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...gifted with a not-too-complicated sense of humor, there might be enough to stir the ready laugh in the sight of a group of men on the ground jumping up, running forward a few steps, and then making a head-on dive to the ground again, ploughing through the cinders or the mire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "PLAYIN SOJER" | 5/19/1917 | See Source »

There will be many things to interest this veteran of world-changing battles. In all truth it may be that which we might suppose would interest him the most will not stir him. He has seen so very much of war, so very much of soldiers, courageous, hardy, strong, that the sight of one more regiment, however gallant and well-trained it may be, could well cause small influence on him. What thought can he have of a thousand men? He has been in command of millions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "HAIL, CAESAR!" | 5/12/1917 | See Source »

...above, the use of full-page cartoons, which seem rather flippant and cheap for a serious college pictorial, and the glaring double-page "ad" in the exact centre of the paper,--the issue is very creditable. It reflects University life in its clever photographs, and echoes the present universal stir for real preparedness in a way which should fully satisfy the most broad-minded among us. All in all, it is a distinct step forward. N. C. STARR...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Illustrated Editors Produced Successful Auto Show Number | 3/14/1917 | See Source »

...When the English coach gets to New Haven he will find that considerable work has been done. Every afternoon last week Assistant Coach Abbott had squad of men at work on the machine in the gymnasium, although there has been no regular call for candidates. There is a general stir among the oarsmen of Yale soon after the mid-winter term opens, and this year is no exception to the rule. Nickalls will start the regular work of the crew men immediately after the junior promenade, which will be held on February 6. Captain Cord Meyer is ready to start...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW HAVEN OARSMEN AT WORK | 1/25/1917 | See Source »

...Conn., June 19.--The orders calling out the militia caused a considerable stir here at Gales Ferry this morning, but it was found that only F. Parkman '19, of the Freshman crew, was affected by the order. He was granted a furlough, and returned this evening, but before the coaches knew of it, J. P. Howard '19, and R. Cobb '19 were tried at bow, while A. Thorndike, Jr., moved to Parkman's place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MILITIA CALL UPSET 1919 CREW | 6/20/1916 | See Source »

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