Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Take today's case. The University showing of Birth had scarcely been announced when the rumble that terrorized the Boston City Censor last year, started again. City Hall got some phone calls. Just a few, but they were enough to stir spectres of domestic insurrection--or at least political repercussions--in the minds of civic authorities. As a result, the City Fathers say they must make sure opposition will not be violent before they license tonight's showing...
...customary for election editorials to be dark and passionate appeals to the faithful, clarion blasts on the trumpet of partisanship. During the campaign itself they probably even convince a few people, though their main role is to stir the vitals of the already convinced. As such there is nothing wrong with them--indeed, like the election campaigns themselves, they satisfy the animal urge for pure combat which lies behind the veneer of civilization...
Beat the eggs and sugar, stir in the wine, and cook stirring constantly until thick. Eat with a spoon...
Apparently Little was convincing, because the representatives of the "New York Times" and "The New York Herald-Tribune" led their respective stories with the Morningside Maestro's comments. The whole thing caused quite a stir, none of it very complementary to Samborski's competence...
...preserve documents that might otherwise be lost. (One document that has been missing since 1891: the original state constitution.) He has expanded a program of restoring historic landmarks. And he has organized more than 1,000 junior chapters from which aspiring young historians sally forth to interview reminiscing oldtimers, stir up the dust in long-neglected attics and pore over half-forgotten town records...