Word: war-torn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Britain for sheltering him in his exile, for reconquering his craggy kingdom for him. But for a long time Haile Selassie, a proud man, had longed for the absolute authority he once had. In the interim, Britain had guided his affairs of state, protected his frontiers, helped restore his war-torn towns, even put down tribal rebellions. There were also disturbing whispers that Britain was planning to mold a Greater Somaliland out of British and Italian Somaliland, with a slice of Ethiopia included. Haile Selassie wanted less help in managing his own affairs...
...relief of war-torn countries, Canada appropriated $77,000,000 for UNRRA. Last week, on the eve of an UNRRA convention in Montreal's Windsor Hotel, Dominion Delegate Brooke Claxton reported...
...only out-of-state appearance of a war-torn season, the Crimson Varsity baseball team treks to Providence tomorrow afternoon to face Brown University. The Stahlmen will be gunning for their third straight victory and a repetition of last year's 10 to '3 win over Brown...
...took a war to get the Freshmen out of the Yard and the Jubilee went with it. Old war-torn '46 wracked its brains for a place to put the big dance, until somebody piped up "Mem Hall." Amid the chorus of groans a few visionaries got to work. In spite of its mustry, dusty outlook and its atmosphere of blue books and proctors the place looked really respectable on the big night...
Charles Evans Hughes observed his 82nd birthday by taking his daily Washington constitutional with Mrs. Hughes, receiving newspapermen. Said he: "I am as well as can be reasonably expected at my time of life. I am living quietly, and trying to be as cheerful as possible in this war-torn world." He refused to keynote the Republican convention because (since retired Chief Justices can be called for work in the circuit courts) he is still an official magistrate of the Federal bench...