Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Although war may for a time stimulate trade and manufactures, and thereby prosperity, in a neutral country sufficiently distant from the scene of conflict, it must ultimately be paid for, and in the end every part of the civilized world inevitably bears some share of the loss. This is the more true the larger the war. The waste and dislocation are certain to bring in the belligerent countries a depression of business that will go round the world. The self-interest of all nations, therefore, as well as the cause of humanity, ought to make every country desire peace among...
...applied, the harm is done; in the case of nations the war has begun, and the world is ablaze. The fear of an international boycott may be great, but for a country that has prepared elaborately for war it is slight compared with the prospect of an armed conflict with all the other great powers of the world. What is needed is the certainty of collision with an overwhelming force. Such a force, if it could really be created by a league to enforce peace, would probably never be used. The very fact of its existence would be enough...
...current number of the Graduates' Magazine Professor Bullock calls attention to the need of an endowment for economic research. Although the present is perhaps not a time at which to urge large expenditures for educational "luxuries," this project is one which calls for support. The fact that the European conflict has dislocated much in the old order makes the need for research and thought in economic and social fields pre-eminently important at this time. The war will undoubtedly give rise to new points of view, and will call for a reconsideration of present theories. It will also bring countries...
...second Yard concert of the year will be given by the University Glee Club in front of Holworthy this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Owing to conflict with the Appleton Chapel recital and the Freshman Jubilee the last two concerts were omitted, but unless notice to the contrary is given they will continue every pleasant Tuesday and Thursday evening for the rest of the college year...
Many countries have been dragged in to the conflict against their will, and it is inconceivable that the United States will ever desire war, but if the catastrophe does come, it is every man's duty to his country to take the place that will be necessary for the protection of the nation. The proposition is not to go into the regular army, but simply to fit ourselves for the defense of the country when the need comes...