Word: attained
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...seem to indicate that the Loan is already sure to succeed must not be allowed to produce a spirit of blind optimism. The same thing has happened in the two previous Loans and we can all remember the intense work of the last few days that was necessary to attain the required goal...
Radio activity is rather well illustrated in the current Lampoon. Our naval neighbors attain none too much attention in this number that is especially dedicated to them, but what there is of it is good--and proper...
...will be preserved ever fresh. So long as instruction in English is part of the University's curriculum, students will be inspired by the example of a former undergraduate. At the same time, this scholarship is to be a reward for excellence. As an encouragement for students to attain perfection, or, at least, to do their utmost, the memorial will be of value to humanity. That the memory of a life spent in seeking excellence should be kept alive by an incentive to develop the same trait in other men must bring widespread approval. Just as in studies...
...submarines, but also to manage the transportation of a greater army than we had planned. It is pleasing to us to note that in spite of the unfortunate Goethals-Denman controversy, the shipbuilding program did not cease. By means of a unified and efficient Shipping Board, the results we attain will be surprising to our allies and disconcerting to our enemies. The carrying out of this program is the necessary forerunner of any success at arms...
...always welcome the graduates, for in them we see, though as through a glass darkly, the prophecy of what we will some time be. Darkly, for it is apparent to all that while we shall attain to the success of the most successful, we shall never equal the mediocrity of those who have failed to stir the world. We shall never grow bald-headed or over-weight as some graduates do, or wear nose-glasses and starched collars, or carry umbrellas...