Word: constrain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...complete victory or complete destruction. When once this sharp dilemma has entered men's minds, its baneful influence is a stimulant toward prolonging the war. . . . Those who are under the domination of such feelings go on, as in a hypnotic sleep, through abysses of unspeakable sacrifice and constrain others to a war of extermination that drains their life blood. . . . This fear should give way to a well-founded expectation of honorable solutions; solutions that are not ephemeral or carry the germs of fresh turmoil and dangers to peace, but are true and durable...
History as truth interested Dumas, but did not constrain him. "It is permissible to violate history," he said, "on condition that you have a child by her." When people asked him how he produced such a never-ending succession of novels, plays, stories, Dumas said: "Ask a plum tree how it produces plums...
...would be unfortunate, however, if this temporary, one-year "inbreeding" of the Freshman class should constrain its members from going into any of the larger activities of the College. After all, the Freshman year is in a sense only a prelude to the following three, and some participation in general College affairs is necessary for a clear perspective and adequate preparation for upperclass years. And moreover, Freshman institutions, under the annual impact of new incumbents, can never hope to attain the solidity and continuity of some of the wider College organizations...