Word: wave
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When that day came, Winston Churchill stepped to a microphone in London. His rolling periods swept across the world by short wave. With deep emotion he said: "We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, but let us not forget for a moment the toils and efforts that lie ahead. . . . Advance, Britain! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the King...
...graduate dietitian enlisted as a WAVE and found herself swabbing decks...
...Senator Vandenberg, smiling largely at the populace; Canada's Mackenzie King, prudently armed with an umbrella; Bidault of France, bareheaded as always and skipping smartly from car to door way; Lord Halifax, almost unnoticed in the flashy Arabians' wake; Anthony Eden, acknowledging handclaps and squeals with a wave, a smile. Noting them, and many others, the crowd stirred and incessantly asked: "Where are the Russians...
...dinosaur become extinct? Dismissing the usual theories (the dinosaur's unwieldy size, an increase in the earth's carbon dioxide, etc.) Dr. Cowles decided that it was much more likely that dinosaurs simply perished of a declining birth rate-just stopped breeding during an interglacial heat wave. Last week he was ready to document his theory that there is a definite relation between heat and male fertility...
...will short-wave daily to every corner of the world in 20-odd languages and dialects, including the Japanese...