Word: breach
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Corps and Army Artiller, the personnel of which was composed for the most part of coast Artiller men. However, a number of the G. P. F.'s were handled by field artillery regiments and in the future, this calibre gun will be entirely taken over by that breach of the service; as its use falls under their work. This gun is considered the best rifle of its type in the world, and was used with great success in the world war. The projectiles used in it vary only slightly in weight, averaging about 97 pounds. The highest muzzle velocity...
...been the stately function of the CRIMSON to pry about in the collegiate world for cases where congratulations are due, and then solemnly to deliver those congratulations. Yesterday two clear cases urgently requiring such attention poked themselves upon our receptive consciousness, and we are glad to fill the breach...
...complete as ever; the controlling force is acting under a new name, but that is almost the-only-difference. No effort and no outlay of money is being spared to mould opinion in America to a favorable view of Germany's plight. Nothing is overlooked that might create a breach between Allied troops and the Armies of the United States. It is in these phases of present German activity that the University must take more of an interest than it has manifested up to the present time. If one will but take the trouble to examine the situation, it will...
...opening of a large breach in the Anglo-French front might conceivably mean disaster. Having once pierced through, the outflanking and rolling up of their lines might result in the destruction of all opposition. France would be at the invaders' feet. Before long, Paris and all remaining French territory would be in the hands of German forces. The war would be over. The Allies, though still supreme on the sea, would be unable to attack the enemy at any point, and so, baffled, must acknowledge defeat. Temporary as this would be, for the world can never see a victorious Germany...
Moreover, in our foreign relations we must maintain a national integrity. An Eastern invasion of Russia, no matter how strong the call of necessity, would indeed involve a breach of faith. We have no quarrel with the Russian people. A Japanese army, at the most, could penetrate but a few of the many miles toward offering an active opposition to the Central Powers. A Japanese invasion could only be a blow in the dark at Russia, a nation convulsed in the enormity of its own problems, certainly not an enemy of the Allied cause...