Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...cross the plate, and the four runs scored against him in the sixth inning were due largely to slow fielding. Smith pitched the whole game for the soldiers and was hit only at rare intervals until the eighth inning, when he had a safe lead. His excellent control and headwork were in large part responsible for his effectiveness...
...beguile the Allies into a delusive peace. The peace would be delusive for unless the principle of militarism is destroyed, the promises would be kept no better than those broken in the past. Autonomy of other races would mean their organization for the strengthening of Germany; until she had control of the resources of a population of 200,000,000 for her next war. Such a settlement would be a mere truce pending another strife...
...file in, take our guess, and leave. The Orals differ from other examinations in they are the only tests for which one cannot prepare. They are merely a matter of imagination, sang-froid and volubility, or what the ball player calls speed, and accuracy of control. Like the same sport, three misses and the candidate is "out" for the rest of the year. We advise a little preparation on the fundamentals and the rest is easy sailing...
Professor Felix Frankfurter, LL.B. '06, Professor of Law at the University, but now on leave of absence, was appointed on Saturday by Secretary of Labor Wilson as administrator of war labor activities. The creation of the office is designed to bring under central control the labor activities of all Government departments having to do with the production of war materials. Professor Frankfurter will co-ordinate the industrial sections of the War and Navy Departments, the Shipping Board, the Department of Agriculture and the War Industries Board. Heretofore all these department have acted independently in obtaining their labor supply...
...held the British in the spell of inaction; they have been regarded as impregnable fortresses that it would be folly, to attack, but now it is clear that they can be attacked and damaged with comparative ease. The men who urged this raid will now be the men who control the situation, and we can rest assured that they will not allow this to be the only attempt to nip the submarine menace at its base. The British lion once aroused will not cease his hunting until the prey is caught...