Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wish to congratulate you on the splendid article about Robert E. Wood. Thousands of his friends will sympathize with him in the situation in which he now finds himself. There is no doubt that his intentions were the very best, but his organization soon found itself filled with members who had subversive plans, and had a desire to assist Adolf Hitler and at the same time get revenge on the President for real or imagined wrongs...
Coach Swede Larson's 1941 effort is all that any defense conscious citizen could wish, and according to reports emanating from Annapolis, it is labeled the "two-ocean Navy." Lamar summed it up by saying, "I understand that their fifth team is not quite what it should be" when asked what weak points he had noticed in the Middles' opening games...
...receiving appeals from a large squad of solicitors who have been warned against "high-pressure methods"; the idea is to explain instead what the money can accomplish and why it is so vitally needed. Commuters cannot be contacted personally but they will be sent bills. However, if they wish to pay their pledge now they can do so by seeing the secretary at Phillips Brooks House...
...clubs have had a hard time finding a show which is satisfactory and which at the same time will pass the mild requirements of both Dean's offices. This fall show will definitely be something in a humorous vein since the clubs feel that people at this time wish to be amused rather than lectured. This is a promising change from the very serious and artistic shows which have been HDC's specialty in the past. The title of the show will be announced later this week. In the meantime the Drama Club will interview all members of the College...
...than skin deep and that a few dermal alterations won't make the course of true affection change. You may have dropped this notion the same year you recognized poppa's schnozzle above Santa's whiskers, but "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" will make even the most case-hardened cynic wish he believed it true...