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Word: wholely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Churchill opened his address by tracing the course of world history during the first half of the twentieth century. He pointed to the confidence that marked its opening years, and said that while "on the whole I remain an optimist," mankind's failure to keep up with scientific progress has subjected it to terrible dangers. "The scale of events around (man) assumed gigantic proportions while he remained about the same size. By comparison therefore he actually became much smaller. . . . The need was to discipline an array of gigantic and turbulent facts. To this task we have certainly so far proved...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Churchill Warns of Russian Plans in MIT Talk | 4/1/1949 | See Source »

...Evening Post serial, has a number of "guaranteed" comedy situations and "funny" lines, but they all expired years ago with age and exhaustion. Stewart and Fontaine try hard enough, but they never succeed in convincing the audience, and don't seem to persuade themselves of the worth of the whole enterprise...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/31/1949 | See Source »

Here, in effect, is the meat of the whole novel. In his 25 despotic years as Principal, Mr. Pilkey has blandly followed what he considers to be a righteous path, moulding The Academy into a "democratic," pristine Place of Study...

Author: By E. PARKER Hayden jr., | Title: The Bookshelf | 3/30/1949 | See Source »

Schroeter noted that H442 could harm whole universities and their students for the political opinion of one person on the faculty. He pointed out that the Attorney-General has not had to prosecute a single person under loyalty laws currently extant...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Harvard Hit as Nest of Reds at H442 Hearing | 3/29/1949 | See Source »

...scrimmage itself was the epitome of informality, in keeping with the picnic atmosphere of the whole gathering. No careful time was kept, Coach Bruce Munro wandered over the field of play shouting advice to his men, and the BLC players just walked off the field whenever they felt winded, without waiting for a whistle...

Author: By John R. W. smail, | Title: Varsity Loses to BLC, 5-2, In Year's First Scrimmage | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

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