Word: wakely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Admiral Shima followed in Nishimura's wake, fired torpedoes at an island which he thought to be a ship, and fled without coming under fire-colliding with crippled Mogami in the process. Relentlessly pursued by U.S. air and sea forces, Shima got home with only one heavy cruiser and two destroyers...
Modern languages, he says, are another of his major educational concerns. Cambridge has received some NDEA money along this line, but it hasn't decided how to use it. The city is "just beginning to wake up" to the importance of modern languages, Barnes adds...
...Each and every poem is charged with meaning," he said, using a recording of James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake as an example. Here, Joyce has tried to make the sound of his words carry the meaning of his piece, MacLeish explained...
...Bells wake today's 281 students at 5:30 a.m. for prayers, meditation, Mass and breakfast before they leave for the Gregorian University and four hours of lectures in Latin. Afternoons and evenings are occupied with athletics, study periods, spiritual reading and chapel; on Thursdays only, the young seminarians are permitted to travel downtown singly; other days they must go in groups of three or more...
...press conference was like a wake. By the time Yovicsin arrived, James had taken his leave to catch the bus back to Ithaca. The assembled reporters, a much smaller group than usual, seemed reluctant to start the questioning. Finally a few queries came, about decisions, officiating, key plays, and injuries, and Yovicsin answered them all in a whispered monotone, his face expressionless as he spoke. As the conference ended, Yovicsin glanced at the game statistics. "We're on top of everything but what counts," he said, without humor...