Word: build
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Japanese scenes in "Nikko, the Beautiful." There is a fragrant freshness in that two-page description, something of oriental color which fairly gives us a whiff of the distinctive odor of the bambo. Immediately one is reminded of Lafcadio Hearn. It is a pity that Mr. Lamont did not build his description about one of those many fascinating plots that claim Japan as their birthplace...
...World Court," "World Reconciliation," "The World State,"--titles of courses to be given at the Conference. Let us not scorn the "visionaries"; for ideas eventually conquer the world. Let us rather hear their message sympathetically; and then, inso much as it is good; let us work to build the public opinion which will make it effective. It is news of peace at this time that is most thrilling,--not that from the front; talk and thought in regard to peace may in the long run accomplish more than armies...
...order to build the stage it will be necessary to eliminate 10 sections of the Stadium or the equivalent of 6,000 seats. This distance is 175 feet in length and will be taken from the open end of the Stadium. The stage itself will be over 150 feet long with a depth of 75 feet, a proscenium opening of 100 feet, and an apron of 5 feet...
...whom are Juniors and Seniors. In no other department of track is long and systematic training so necessary. Yet obviously not enough new men are appearing even to maintain the present standard, much less to improve it. Men forget that, given time and practice, it is always possible to build up candidates in this field to "H" dimensions. But at least two seasons are necessary in which to make any real advance. The same is true of the hurdles. One season must be devoted to fundamentals before any fast work can be attempted. Not so much time is necessary...
...advocates of the military camps say that they also are hopeful, but that in the meantime we must be practical, we must face the situation as we find it. Ability to build a pontoon bridge, to "shoot straight", has a suggestion of practicality which it is hard to overcome. But one clear-sighted diplomat, one President Wilson, is of more practical worth for the actual preservation of peace than all our present navies and soldiers combined. As one correspondent has said, it is the voter who must ultimately decide this question, who must understand his own interests well enough...