Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Presly Wetherell and the glee club turned the minds of the men to more solemn thoughts for a while, singing the works of Bach and other stately songs. The singers were accompanied in fine style by Brother Fellett. Bob Geis caused a stir of anticipation when he came forward to sing the company's favorites, "One Alone" and "Without A Song." His powerful voice drew roars of applause from every man. Leo Schumer at the piano furnished the musical background...
...career, Expatriate Stearns seemed anxious to add the ruin of himself. The news of his death caused friends to remember the days when, as he confessed in his autobiographical The Street I Know, he made a career of drink and an occupation out of borrowing money. Remembering the stir caused by his symposium, viper-tongued critics would say: "There goes American civilization-in the gutter...
...rate the time had come when I must needs stir the stagnant gray matter away from thoughts of Portsmouth or Clearfields or the hills of Idaho. But what to say? Would the public like to know what goes on behind the closed doors of the good ship Briggs when the P. Listers are out frolicking...
Thus, once again I stir from the obscurity of the "behind-the-scenes" life which is a Yeoman's fate, and take up my eager quill. All stray feathers resulting therefrom may be returned to the Navy Office...
...valuable weapon for parachutists. But other officers wondered privately whether the M-3 might not be destined to serve as a "revolt gun," to be dropped by parachute to the rebellious people of conquered Europe when the time is ripe. Colonel Studler's gadget will never stir a gunsmith's soul, but to a despairing Pole. Czech or Dutchman it might look like a rare and lovely objet...