Word: american
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...part of valor to suppress the kidnappers who have been operating along our border for the past two or three years. Our neighbor to the south burned his fingers in the Jenkins case, and evidently decided to take no chances on further complications arising from the kidnapping of the American named Hugo. What it all goes to show is that Carranza, no matter what he says, is pretty well able to dictate to the bandits what they shall and what they shall not do. Americans find it hard to believe that the Mexican Federal authorities are as weak as President...
...last six years the Mexican Government has adopted the policy of goading the United States just as far as it is safe, stopping short only when it seems that open war is the next step. American troops have been on the border all that length of time, even when they were badly needed in France. Mexico has been a thorn not only in our side, but in that of Europe as well. The latter will soon reach the limit of their patience. Our much-touted Monroe Doctrine is going to be an embarrassment to any administration we may elect. Euro...
...will deliver a memorial address on "William Dwight Whitney (1827-1894): His Character and Services," in Emerson Hall, Room D, at 8 o'clock tonight. This address, which will be open to the public, is a repetition of the address delivered in December, 1894, at Philadelphia, before the First American Congress of Philologists, assembled to commemorate the public services of the most eminent American philologist of the 19th century...
...notably General Summerall; it kept going, whether under fire or on the march, under conditions in which most units would have quit; and even in the matter of tactics, in the combination of artillery and infantry on the offensive, it was right in front of anything in either the American or French army. Was it "average" then...
...Clark, Jr., Occ., third All-American guard, will be unable to accompany the football team on its Western trip. This decision is due to the fact that he has an injured back, which if struck on the right place would cause paralysis, and which he is not willing to risk in this game. All the regular season he played, contrary to his doctor's advice. J. F. Brown '22 will probably fill his position against Oregon...