Word: wave
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Especially pleased with his deal was Premier Pattullo, who now has a much bigger provincial stick to wave at Ottawa. British Columbia was coaxed to join Canada's other provinces when they federated in 1871 on the promise that the Canadian Pacific Railway would begin to creep across it in two years, be completed in ten. Actually neither the Government nor the Canadian Pacific was in any hurry and the last spike was not driven until 1885, a fact which produced in British Columbia an attitude of injured self pity which its new size should tend to relieve...
...Neilson's wishes in such matters as not knitting or chewing gum in class. But when several Northampton residents once complained that his girls should pull their shades down at night before undressing, President Neilson observed that they should pull down their own instead. Once a particularly conspicuous wave of amatory misbehavior moved Smith's administration to call a compulsory chapel. President Neilson appeared, cocked his head to one side, and instead of delivering the expected lecture remarked: "If you must kiss men, you will do well to pick gentlemen. They never tell...
Noting that today the radiation treatment of malignant disease is largely carried out by the 200,000 volt apparatus, the Huntington hospital staff declared that it has become apparent to many radiologists that even shorter wave lengths, produced by higher voltages, are highly desirable in the treatment of cancer...
This will be the first of three Yard concerts scheduled for successive Tuesdays; all three will be broadcast over the Boston short-wave station W1XAL...
With the discovery that uncut fruit is served in all House dining halls without restriction or checkup of any kind, a wave of protest from Freshmen arose because of the Union policy of cutting and limiting the supply of oranges and apples...