Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...full of courage and bravery. The students and alumni have well borne their part and done what they could to uphold the honor of their country. And now in this present crisis, as always, the men of Harvard will do what they can to defend their flag upon the battlefield or on the seas...
...political surprise is described as "springing a mine." Indeed, it is hard to find any vocabulary of politics or of philosophy which does not not reek with figures of speech borrowed from the battlefield. --Boston Globe...
...about midnight, on that Christmas night, Richard started out on his motor ambulance in the neighborhood of the battlefield. And, as he neared the scene, a shell struck him as he sat on his chauffeur's seat. The ambulance was wrecked. No one heeded. But next day another ambulance driver found the American boy's body buried under the ruins of the vehicle, and the French soldiers paid it such military honors as they could...
...fixed to set forth their political views. In this connection any members of the University are invited to make use of the communication column of the CRIMSON for the expression of their opinions in regard to the coming Presidential election. This is not intended to make the CRIMSON the battlefield on which the opposing factions may hurl personal invectives and rant about preparedness or pacifism as the spirit may move them, but to give an opportunity of expressing themselves to those men who might no otherwise be heard from...
...price's the thing, no doubt. Is it a bargain? Possibly not, because the new owner could have the option of cultivating the ground and finding his market in Combes, or of staking out a battlefield and doing business with tourists when peace returns. What an opportunity for a man with the historic instinct! But will France permit showmen to desecrate the soil where her heroic sons have given up their lives for human liberty? The great battlefields of the war from the Somme to Verdun should be set apart and dedicated to educational and patriotic uses for all time...