Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chancellor Snowden ? TIME, June 2.) As the bitter night wore on members of all parties sprawled and snored on their benches, awakened once by a sudden clap of thunder, roused occasionally by party whips to speak a needed word. The whips at last became so frantic as to stir up members slumbering in the lobbies by piping on police whistles...
...Capitol, reports spread that Senator Reed, a delegate to the London Conference who had seen the secret papers, had said their production would help the Treaty but would also stir up "personal animosities and ill-will." This led to a generally accepted Senate surmise that in the documents exchanged between President Hoover and Premier MacDonald, the President had remarked with cutting candor upon the personal and political peculiarities of the very people now opposing the Treaty, had discussed Admirals and Senators and Big-Navy propagandists in terms so frank as to stir up a hornet's nest...
...weather did not, however, prevent the Crimson crews from taking their daily practice row, although choppy water made rowing uncomfortable, and a chilly breeze which, arose late in the afternoon helped to stir up the Charles still more...
...program of its latest production issued by the Dramatic Club, there seems to be quite a stir about something called "Our Policy". In view of the numerous doubts which have arisen over the contents, not to say the existence, of such a formula, documentary evidence of this nature will unquestionably be appreciated. But if adherence to this policy entails, as the most recent efforts of the Club would seem to indicate, the selection of plays merely on the basis of novelty in the most limited sense of the word, then appreciation may perhaps be tempered with regret...
...betting on what the number of the hymn would be, the one coming closest winning the wager. In a short time the great American instinct for organization led to formation of mammoth "hymn pools." Students pick their hymn numbers before the opening of the exercises, contribute their dimes, stir with restless anticipation throughout the service, and greet the announcement of the hymn with a burst of excitement. After much craning of necks and much consultation to find out the nearest guesser, effusive congratulations are showered upon the winner who modestly pockets his reward. --The Transcript