Word: wave
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...problems of amateur theatricalism have never been demonstrated so effectively at Harvard in recent years as they were last night at the Rindge Technical High School auditorium. That Jerome Kilty and his budding Veterans Theater Workshop were able to rescue something from the tidal wave of difficulties which loomed over their opening venture was the most salutary observation to be gleaned from the world premiere of "I Was A King in Babylon...
...exit from the screen. The performance of Astaire's brilliant extremities causes even the easeful singing of a portly Der Bingle to pale by comparison. Two of Astaire's routines are especially good--a top-hat-and-cane number, "Putting On The Ritz," and a technicolorful costume piece, "Heat Wave." While not quite up to the standard of his "Limehouse Blues" performance in "Ziegfield Follies," they still feature Mr. Astaire, and that, fans, will suffice...
After the failure of the seaside conference, the extremists began a new wave of terror, attacking track intersections until the country was in the grip of an internal blockade. Haganah countered with an "educational campaign" against Irgun and the Sternists, and actually raided arsenals belonging to the underground to destroy hidden explosives...
...supersonic speed, Whittle was not as optimistic. The obstacle of the shock wave (which racks a plane as it nears the speed of sound) is still unlicked. Swept-back wings, he felt, would push the speed limit upward, but they could push no plane across the sound threshold...
Actually, a big part of the problem was out of businessmen's hands. It lay in the hands of John L. Lewis (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). No one was sure what would happen to prices if there was a long coal strike, a crippling drop in production and another wave of pay demands all around...