Word: thawed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they had suffered a bitter defeat. The Russians had rounded the bend of the Isthmus, were only 150 miles from Helsinki. Before them lay, not a carefully built line of fortifications, but a series of makeshift positions, with half an army to defend them. And while spring's thaw would make the going tougher for the Russians, it would also thaw out their frozen northern army, bring better bombing weather. As if to give the Finns a taste of what is in store for them-possibly in hope of cracking their morale-the Russian air force last week made...
...drama is a stepchild, a poor relation, unwelcome guest. Harvard extends no open arms or vast theatres to the Mummer clan; from Bernhardt to Folies Bergere girl, the reception is a cold one. Frozen out though it is, the drama child yet struggles for existence. As the snows thaw and the leafy season approaches, the HSU and the HDC alike announce their spring efforts. Each of them has chosen exceptionally interesting plays to produce, and each deserves a roof with a Harvard accent...
Whatever the country's midwinter feeling was about the Presidential campaign, there was evidence last week that warmer weather would thaw out a lot of political ice. Floes from Presidential primaries quadrennially precede convention floods of politics...
Shokru Saracoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, arrived after a day's stop off at Sofia, where he tried to thaw out Bulgaria's lingering coldness to the other Balkan powers, most of whom have stolen territory from her. M. Saracoglu, veteran of a recent three-week diplomatic scuffle at Moscow and framer of the Turkish-Allied military alliance, was accused of unnecessary bluntness before he left Ankara. He publicly said what everybody knew privately anyway-that "our country is not neutral, but is merely out of the war." Rumor had it that the Foreign Minister was cooking...
With all the heat turned on, George Washington Brown could not thaw the frozen assets fast enough. In 1934 RFC had helped by buying $4,000,000 preferred stock on condition that the twelve banks would use $3,000,000 of their $12,000,000 deposited with Integrity Trust to buy a second preferred issue, give promise they wouldn't scuttle and run. Still the assets refused to thaw...