Word: come
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been announced since, and now we have an aerial torpedo which will level Berlin in the winking of an eye. If this is true, all the German spies have a fine opportunity to get the secret, as the inventor's name and address are openly published. If the invention comes to nothing, it is another case of hopes raised and then dashed, which is harmful to the spirit of the people. We have had enough of flamboyant stories of what we are going to do; the talking should come afterwards. The more our hopes violently fluctuate, the less...
...last moth a new spirit has come over our nation. Before, we had given our wealth and made personal sacrifices. Today, in the ever-increasing casualty lists of men failing in France, we have begun to give our lives. Pouring forth our dollars was but the washing away of the veneer. Each life now lost is a cut into the flesh. We have begun our real sorrows. We are feeling the terror of war. As the struggle becomes harder and our enemies seem only to gain, these wounds only strengthen our grim determination. For every man fallen, a brother will...
...Archbishop of York has come and gone, but his words remain with us as a revelation to some and a reminder to all of the great part our mother universities have played in the war. We have seen Harvard much affected, but compared to Oxford and Cambridge the changes here have been insignificant. The academic life at these English colleges is nearly at a standstill; only a handful of wounded soldiers and physically unfit still work at their old tasks. Many of the colleges have quartered in them some kind of training corps, which change the old atmospheres of academic...
...reiterated and emphasized we know not how often by the United States Shipping Board, the Emergency Fleet Corporation, the War Department and commercial bodies that feel the pinch of overseas transport shortage. Yet the total output of all the shipyards in America and the allied countries does not come up to the requirements for providing the nations and their armies with such supplies as are considered necessary to guarantee and expedite the wining...
...work this afternoon when candidates for both squads report to Coach Haines at the Locker Building at 3.30 o'clock. Although it is not likely that men will have a chance to go on the river before the end of the week, it is important that all prospective coxswains come out today...