Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...work for universal peace, isn't it a task worthy of the greatest souls and the proudest courages ? Rome of the Caesars attempted it when she was queen of the universe. May Europe of today accomplish...
...futility makes it harmless, there are strong reasons for branding the association with public disapproval. To organize the clubs and unions of twenty million people into a machine whose avowed purpose is the suppression of all ideas which conflict with the status quo is but another means of accomplishing the aims of medieval monarchs and inquisitors. The fight for free speech was won with blood and sacrifice; yet he victory is wasted if associations of private individuals undertake o accomplish what they refused to allow their government...
...rule that allows the ball to be put in play from the three yard line after a touchdown instead of from the five will probably not accomplish its purpose of encouraging line plays unless premium is placed on scores made in this fashion," he said. "It is extremely difficult to make three yards through the line at any time, and when opposed by a stiff, goal-line defense, it is next to impossible...
...excuse is needed), for the tremendous recent increase in attendance at American colleges, may lie in this. The teaching of literature and the so-called "liberal arts", will perhaps lead eventually to a permanent development of the much-discussed, 25,000-year-old "aesthetic sense" in man. If they accomplish only this, American colleges will have more than fulfilled their duty in the country...
...doubtful that more than 150 delegates will be definitely pledged to any candidate, the victory of any one faction will depend largely upon its ability to bring a majority of the mass of unorganized voters into line. A well-organized group will be able to accomplish this where a much larger body with no plan of campaign would fail...