Word: weltered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first sight, the innocent Freshman would think that Harvard, with its welter of governing boards, is a combination of American alphabet soup and British bureaucratic verbosity. Actually, the organization contains a clear hierarchy of authority from Student Council up through the all-powerful Board of Overseers...
Rush Eastman Welter '44, of Staten Island, New York, and Dunster House has been appointed to the post of Varsity Fencing Manager. Welter will succeed Jesse Cleveland '42, who graduated at mid-years...
...listen to almost any old symphonic scraps and husks which show signs of technical skill in the fashioning. As a result we have no single general style to use as a critical yardstick, and have to depend largely on our instinctive reactions. When, therefore, out of the common welter of academic modernism, music with Szostakowicz's internal strength and broad emotional appeal comes to light, then there is a mighty dither among critics and listeners alike, and the heavy-duty-adjectives are brought into play. On the whole, however, I think that his music justifies his reputation...
...welter of year-end predictions for the awful year-to-come, some seemed likelier than others...
...anemones, shrimps, limpets, conches, sponges, hundreds of other creatures with fancy Latin names. Although they were not looking for rarities, about 10% of their 550 species proved to be new. They were stung by urchins, morays, anemones, stingrays and stinging worms. Their hands, cut by barnacles, became first a welter of sores and then horny-callused. They caught and ate tuna, skipjack and sierra, tried unsuccessfully to eat a turtle; they drank beer and whiskey; they bathed by jumping over the side; they had a wonderful time...