Word: attainment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...century, the Harvard athlete in comparison with the average non-college man was a thirteen to ten bet to succumb to the grim reaper before the great mass of people not engaged in strenuous competition; it is now a four to five proposition that he will not attain greater longevity than the other...
...period of the Great War to the more balanced and sane present. The "Tiger" with his energetic and forceful personality stood for the impetus which directed France through the most disorganizing experience in her history. Whether or not he was always aware of ethics is doubtful, but he did attain...
...solution of this problem in the light of self-preservation that Clemenceau had to find. At times he probably overstepped the limits of precedence, always focusing his attention on the end rather than the means, and some have questioned his drastic and dramatic gestures. But he did attain his purpose in spite of the huge odds the first days of the war heaped up against him. It was this direct, energetic, indomitable spirit that made him a figure of world importance. He was one of the last of the war lords...
...various crews among them and each carries, insofar as is possible, the same boat through the particular training period in question. On the whole the system works very well. The veteran oarsmen usually know the fundamentals of rowing, as traditionally taught in their college, pretty thoroughly and attain a large measure of success in imparting them to their charges. I should even venture to say that a fourth college crew here fares rather better under the full time guidance of a veteran third year oarsman than a fourth hundred and fifty pound crew does at Harvard under the occasional supervision...
With the vast and ponderous machinery of Widener library it seems extremely unfortunate that it is so frequently impossible to obtain books either because they are "lost" or "overdue". It is admittedly difficult to attain perfection in such a large organization, but this can not excuse the high percentage of unsuccessful attempts to procure books...