Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Murder, rape and sudden death scarcely stir the branches of this moss-hung family tree. Only uncultured Huey Long's drooling henchman is really outraged by the discovery that the heir to Belle Heloise is not his father's son, but his father's sister's bastard. Even stern Madame Mere accommodates herself wisely to the marriage of her daughter to the son of The River Road's "Dago peddler" (who becomes a millionaire purveyor of fancy groceries), and her granddaughter's marriage to the pilot of a river tug. For under the conventions...
When soldiers discovered what every good agitator knows-that by mob methods they could stir up a quick reaction from the U.S. public and its Congress-they began to act like a mob. Generals as well as politicians were powerless against this behavior. With G.I. demands ringing in his ears, General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower issued a strategic retreat order to theater commanders: return to the U.S. any men "for whom there is no military need...
After a long time there was a stir. Japan's General Tomoyuki Yamashita entered, walked to the desk at which he had sat all during his 32-day war-crimes trial. He stole glances at the crowd. A resplendent colonel of MPs roared: "Attention...
...cathode-ray tube. The angular positions of the flashes indicate the di rection the storm is taking. A network of stations taking simultaneous observations of the same flashes can locate their source and spot a storm position in a 2,000-mile radius. One drawback: not all storms stir up enough static...
...United States." Bevin on Russia. Ernest Bevin had none of Churchill's solid polish; he was sometimes almost incoherent. But his meaning was as plain as a bulldog's face: "We will do nothing or allow any of our agents and diplomats to do anything to stir up hatred or to provoke or create a situation detrimental to Russia in the eastern countries. ... I am not a criminal if I want friendship with neighbors bordering on the British frontier. What am I doing wrong? I am doing nothing to injure anybody, and I am not prepared to accept...