Word: almost
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...shell in at a certain place at, say a two-minute interval, you can be perfectly sure that they will come regularly as clockwork. And once the interval is broken the firing does not start again. In the Ambulance we used to work on this basis and with almost perfect security. The irregular, apparently haphazard firing of the French always impressed us as likely to be much more disconcerting to the people at the other...
...also true of European Russia. While there are stretches of desert land near Manchuria, there are in the centre of the country enormous areas of fertile land already yielding excellent crops of wheat and rye. The world's food supply could be raised there. We traveled for days through almost unbroken forests of pine, fir, larch and birch, and through mountainous regions where minerals are said to be abundant. There are great streams and large cities, and ultimately there will be a thriving Siberian population...
...Charlestown to beyond the Navy Yard; only in Halifax the property was less valuable, and the wharves and buildings more scattered; two-fifths of it was railway frontage, two-fifths Imperial docks and barracks, and only one-fifth private property. In size and sort, the residential area destroyed would almost correspond to East Boston. And beyond the area of practical destruction enormous damage has been caused by the peculiar vicious swiftness of the explosion. Thirteen hundred persons have been killed and a great many more wounded. Nothing like the amount of blinding has ever been observed in a disaster...
Plans in regard to games are still rather indefinite. It is almost certain that the informals will play against some military or naval teams, but no decision has been made in regard to intercollegiate games. At its last meeting the Athletic Committee voted that games might possibly be played with nearby institutions, but as yet none have been arranged...
...cast and the chorus have been holding rehearsals almost daily for over six weeks. Dr. A. T. Davison '06 has instructed the singers and Miss Pauline Jones of Radcliffe has coached the acting and dancing...