Word: barbed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conclusion of combat exercises the Regiment will form in line of masses for parade to the east of barb wire entanglements, and facing Fresh Pond...
...secret, and the challenge "to make war on war" is virtually a sealed book. All this may be highly commended, for what didactic influence Shaw is attempting to make, is sent out over the footlights with a subtlety and belief that "the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick." Shaw forces moral and ethical discussion on us, but our throat is not crammed so full as to interfere with our occasional giggle, which we need to have on hand when we are communing with this British enigma. His whole purpose seems to be to convince...