Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Your poilu has burst his cocoon and stands glittering before the world--an Aspirant. He is proud of himself--and more at peace than ever before in his life...
...sort of Babylonian boarding house of enlightened beings, living in a happiness which was sooner or later bound to meet the rocks of the vital problems of the world's life. All that is changed today. The growing convictions of the early years of the war have burst forth into actual participation. Where once the germs of indifference flourished, the seeds of sincerity and solidarity of purpose have now been planted. In the first days of the year they have been slow to blossom. As time passes, however, they have grown into the flowers of achievement, so that on this...
...ways of doing it. Yesterday afternoon we shot at the little captive balloons. It is very good fun indeed. You dive at the balloon and when the sights are in line shoot. One of the fellows didn't redress in time and ran into one of the balloons. It burst and spread out on his wires, making a great sail, which started to turn his machine and all the controls on the opposite side would barely hold the machine straight. He had to land with the wind and turned over, but did not get hurt...
...latter also reached the finals of the 60-yard service dash; winning the third heat of the preliminaries in the time of six and four-fifths seconds. However, in the final heat he was outclassed and failed to place. French of the Portland Naval Station, by a final burst of speed, was the winner in six and two fifths seconds, equaling the world's record. W. Rollins '16, former University sprinter, now in the M. I. T. aviation school, after a hard-fought struggle nosed out Proud of the Navy Yard for second place, losing to French by little more...
...burst of righteous enthusiasm the University pledged some $50,000 to the Y. M. C. A. Red Triangle Fund. That was several months ago and the Fund still lacks $4,000 of the promised sum. There is only one thing that can be done and that is pay up immediately. At this time when rent and Bursar bills are stretching our credit to the limit, any extra payment is a difficult demand to make. Nevertheless, those who have pledged must remit immediately, or somebody else will have to make up the shortage out of his pocketbook. We have to send...