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Word: stirs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dunster had a bad day on the diamond yesterday. Its ace pitcher Jerry Ulen gave up one hit in two innings and left the game a mere thirteen runs behind. The Funsters looked as if they were trying to stir up a Black Sox scandal in those first two innings as they concocted over a dozen errors and raced wildly around the field. After the smoke of battle had cleared away, the impatient umpire called the game with the score still...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland, Adams Nines Win Games | 4/28/1948 | See Source »

...keynote speaker, it will be Bakewell's duty to explain the procedure of the convention, stir up enthusiasm in the boosters of the various candidates, and get the meeting off to a flying start. Rusher said he was "naturally very pleased" to have the freshman Congressman as keynoter for the convention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Representative Bakewell Will Keynote at HYRC Convention | 4/28/1948 | See Source »

...Council should encourage intelligent campaigning, which can be easily carried on within the present limit on expenses. The Council should also urge that the friends of qualified men run such campaigns, since many excellent candidates are reluctant to go out and stump for votes. It is vitally important to stir up student interest in the Council, and to get the best men in office through sensible and thorough campaigns. Electioneering is surely worth a test; the tacit policy of leaving the voter alone has been tried and found distinctly wanting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Elections | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

Roberts did. He wrote a story headlined IKE MEANS "No," and put it, under his own byline, on Page One of the Star. It was the kind of story he likes best: an exclusive that would cause a stir among the politicians. He padded happily around the desks, whacking backs and ruffling hair. "I never get over seeing that byline," he beamed. "I'll always be a reporter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSOURI: K. C.'s Sun | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...energy gamma rays were "wasted." But the second Bikini bomb (exploded underwater) threw into the air millions of tons of radioactive seawater, which did more damage than the detonation. If an atomic bomb were exploded below the surface of the earth like a pre-atomic blockbuster, it would probably stir up a cloud of deadly radioactive dust over a wide area. Chunks of rubble, tossed like projectiles, might be "hot" enough to kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Deadly Cloud | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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