Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...There is no danger of America's becoming involved in the Balkan troubles as Turkey in Europe is now so small as to occasion no disputes. All the European nations, the Great Powers included, are in favor of an American mandate and would take it themselves were they not already exhausted. Bulgaria, who in the past has been Turkey's strongest enemy, is particularly friendly to the United States as is evidenced by her refusal to declare war on us at the time of our entry, despite Germany's continued protests that she should...
...commenting on this view of the situation in China, Bishop Roots concluded with his feeling on the duty of the United States toward China. "I think there is very serious danger at the present time that the people of America may be moved by an undue prejudice against Japan, but friendliness to China must not imply animosity toward Japan. The real interests of Japan as well as of China require a policy of neutral helpfulness between the two countries and it should be the aim of America to act as the friend of both countries and to promote this policy...
...ever, has there been such uniformly good acting in a Dramatic Club performance. There was scarcely a jarring note in all the five acts. The massing of characters on the stage was easily managed, the exits and entrances smooth and logical--there was never an awkward moment. The danger, from the actor's point of view, lay in over acting. Those who remember plays of this sort in Germany, recall the heavy buffoonery and ridiculous capers of the characters; the plays were reduced to the merest and broadest farce, with the comedy values obscured by clownish antics. There was none...
...Nothing could be more fatal to our country," he said, "than to have its college men become a separate caste, alienated from the experiences and aspirations, and estranged in sympathy and understanding from the burdens and sorrows of the great masses of men. There is no danger of such alienation springing from absorption in learning or in scholastic interests. The danger will come, if at all, in viewing a college course exclusively as the surest way to material success and personal gain...
...necessary to point out that the hard-won and none too stable peace of Europe is in grave danger as long as the Germans are allowed to keep such a formidable army. Immediate action by the Allies will put a stop to the budding menace. Every effort must be made to keep the Treaty of Versailles from becoming a second Peace of Tilsit...