Word: beating
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...face the disagreeable truth about himself has learned to face the truth about the community he lives in and earned the right to speak of it. And a community honest enough, courageous enough, and intelligent enough to face the disagreeable truth about itself is a community hard to beat in war or in peace. --Boston Globe...
...Douamont and Vaux fortresses and Dead Man's Hill symbolizes the tradition of the French. It was at Ypres in November, 1914, that the British regulars, the "Old Contemptibles" of the gallant first expeditionary force, stemmed the German attack led by the crack regiments of the Prussian Guard and beat them back with terrific losses. It was at Ypres in April, 1915, that the First Canadian Division beat off the first gas attack and, in the words of General French, "saved the situation". Behind the city, under a grove of Canadian maples, lie six thousand of Canada's bravest sons...
Just now we hope to beat the Germans and make the world a sage place in which to live, but we can at present merely hope; by the end of this year we shall know that such a victory is assured...
...Charlestown Navy Yard and S. T. Hicks '10,has been announced to act as coach. When in college, Hicks was captain of the University seven and one of the most successful players in the last ten years. He now has a squad of 40 men, including some of the beat known members of B. A. A. Teams of past seasons, as well as E. O. Baker '17, regular centre on the University seven last winter, and W. J. Murray '18, who captained the Andover team four years...
...wanted; they went and got it. Last of all must we again congratulate Dr. Mott, for it was he who awakened us. His speech of last week was the original energy which put the wheels of success in motion. A good combination is a most difficult thing to beat. Such a combination as Dr. Mott, the University campaign committee and the body of Harvard undergraduates could do nothing but bring about desired results...