Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...being futile to try to prevent rain, we can only resign ourselves to protection against it. To the anti-militarist exactly the opposite is the true situation. War between nations is no more an inevitable phenomenon of nature than physical conflicts between individuals, and no less subject to control by law and reason...
...second lecture, delivered yesterday afternoon, ex-President Taft continued with his discussion of the President's powers, giving special attention to his legislative power, and to the control which, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, he exercises over outlying territories of the United States. He illustrated his points from his Philippine experiences...
...Fortunately none of these institutions is under denominational control. This is not due to change but to the unusual good sense of the founders and their successors. Yet while free from sectarian control, these colleges have had close ties with the Congregationalists and Presbyterians especially, and have always maintained a healthy religious life among their students...
...Brisbanian an analogy? There were a thousand men at the football mass meeting last Thursday and yet no one expects that a fraction of that number will attend the discussion of the war tonight. Nevertheless, it should be a good meeting. Partisan animosities are now well under control and most people are aware of their own ignorance or lack of insight into the fundamentals of the conflict that finds half the civilized world in arms. Under such circumstances, there is everything to be gained and nothing to lose in free and fearless discussion...
...Club in a heavy hitting contest at Marlboro last Saturday by the score of 12 to 7. The Rovers had the game well in hand almost from the start, the Marlboro team with the exception of the eighth inning accomplishing little against Frye's pitching, despite his lack of control--and poor support at times. Gannett's circuit clout was the feature of the game...