Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Germany could not help herself. The Prussian spirit informed all her progress in trade, in science, in philosophy, and the Prussian spirit is that of violence. It was inevitable that it should at some time break through its respectable restraints and take its arrogant way of blood and fire. It chose the hour when it thought the milder manner had served its purpose. Nothing was made clearer by the propaganda conducted in this country than the belief of Potsdam that "kultur" had conquered in America and had paved the way for unhindered violence...
...short front. But the interpretation accorded this admission in the newspapers is bound to have a greater effect on public opinion, and one of the most representative of these, the Lokal Anzeiger, actually attempts to portray it as a moral victory for the Germans. "The British attempt to break through," it writes, "collapsed entirely in the face of the extraordinary bravery of our troops. It went no farther than the initial success. . . . . The enemy will not succeed by this abortive attack in diverting our attention from Flanders, where he is certain to renew his efforts." In other words, the public...
...further training, or with troops. Such was the promise when they went into camp, and the Government owes it to them as well as to its own self-respect, to keep that promise. It would also be a military blunder to send half the graduates home, have them break training, and subject them to the humiliation of being dependents upon their families when many of them have hitherto be help in to support their families. Officers of the general staff, divisional commanders, and the commandants of the training camps are almost unanimous in their protest against the blunder, but their...
...change of public sentiment? It does not appear to have any intimate connection with politics, although the anti-suffragists make much or the fact that they are defeated in good company, for the movement has been steadily gaining ground both in England and the United States since the out-break of the war. Rather, it must be considered as a direct result of the war, an appreciation, on the part of the electorate, of the ability and patriotism that the women have shown since April last. In all matters of war relief and charity, they have shown themselves able organizers...
...both of these types the CRIMSON wishes the best of luck and reassures the undergraduate that more people pass than fail in every examination. They are a necessary evil and must be taken in a philosophic way. The hour exams, are merely a diversion invented by the faculty to break the monotony of recitations. The best way to foil these intellectual monsters is to pass their tests. Let us then make ready...