Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Ireland, "The Anglo-Boer Conflict...
...North, Mr. Buehler followed the two armies in their reconnoiters around the Federal capital, showed the strategic position which the armies occupied on each the three days of the battle, and then described the battle and General Lee's retreat. He explained the decisive character of the conflict by referring to the session of the English House of Commons on the eve of the battle, when, after an argument extending far into the night, it was decided to wait before formally recognizing the Confederate government...
...vigorous plea for the betterment of athletics in the University; the writer urges that, as Harvard cannot move for reform till she is victorious, the thing to do at present is to win. There are three prose stories--all with good points. "The Voice of Mastery" describes a conflict between the sense of obligation to the marriage vow and passion for a woman who recognizes and inspires the man's literary ambition. The analysis of the man's feminine poetical temperament (represented as sometimes stimulated by preprandial cognac) is careful; the style is somewhat labored and stilted. "Over There...
...order to avoid a conflict, the University baseball game with Princeton on Saturday, May 19, will be played at 1.30 o'clock, and the dual track meet with Yale will not commence until 3.15 o'clock...
...words as to this remarkable hero, John Brown. He was one of those Americans who foresaw that the conflict between the opposing forms of civilization was not only irresistible but was coming to a bloody issue in spite of all compromises and palliation. He saw that slavery must be destroyed or it would destroy the nation. And he was a man of such intrepid courage that he was willing to undertake in all calmness of mind what in another person would have been insanity. Invincible courage, even in a doubtful cause, is sure to inspire and find applause among other...