Word: summoning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...party, but the forces of humanity. Men's hearts wait upon us; men's lives hang in the balance; men's hopes call upon us to say what we will do. Who shall live up to the great trust? Who dares fail to try? I summon all honest men, all patriotic, all forward-looking men, to my side. God helping me, I will not fail them, if they will but counsel and sustain...
...Jamestown, N. Y., astute Chauncey B. Klinedinst, proprietor of Kliney's restaurant, was trapped in his refrigerator when the door swung shut behind him. His screams were unheard. Benumbed and exasperated, he shrewdly solved the problem of how to summon aid: by shutting off tap lines through which beer flowed...
...plant, a group of 17 buildings, staffed by 231 interns and resident physicians, 660 visiting doctors, 543 student nurses, 980 graduate nurses. It costs the city some $5,000,-ooo a year. In 1939 there were 68,485 admissions; 14,092 operations; 29,106 ambulance calls (only cops can summon Bellevue ambulances); 640,012 laboratory reports; 268,000 prescriptions. The hospital's daily population varies from...
Boyer hurried down the mountain to summon aid from Seattle. Through the afternoon, night and next morning, Faye Plank sat alone on a six-inch ledge, fighting sleep and listening to the noisy growl of the waterfalls. She had to watch the rope and hold it jammed in a crevice with her boot heels. Said she: "I could hear Anne down below. At first she was just moaning. But when it got dark she began calling. . . . Night lasted a long time, but the early morning was the worst. . . ." At 10:30 that morning, sleepless Karl Boyer and the rescuers...
...adult generation will . . . summon youth to the building of a finer America and will show that it means business by indicating at least the outlines of a definite, workable plan, the youth of America will respond with unbounded enthusiasm...