Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...attempting to produce Dunsany's "Fame and the Poet", the Dramatic Club set for itself a difficult task. Brilliant as the dialogue is, the play is distinctly of the "closet" type--designed especially to be read. Consequently, the "atmosphere" of the piece is a most elusive thing and extremely difficult to get across the footlights. That the performance almost succeeded in doing this is a matter for no little praise. In fact, the effort was such an admirable one, and there is so much to commend, that a would-be critic hesitates to mention any of the faults--we have...
...remains unorganized, and expresses itself only through admittedly inadequate mediums--individual communications, mass meetings called for special purposes, and the passing of occasional resolutions. Any movement of a new group to make its influence felt in the time between elections points to the solution of one of the most difficult problems in the government of a democratic state. The proposal to take a vote on the thirteenth of next January in the colleges of America on four phases of the question of ratification of the treaty may prove a landmark in the history of the organization of opinion...
Coach Claflin is a disciple of the type of hockey that was originated and taught by Alfred Winsor '02. Whether this style of play will be as applicable in the small Pavilion as it was in the large Arena is a difficult question, but it is agreed that with certain modifications, Coach Claflin will find it successful wherever the team plays...
...fearlessness and two-fisted Americanism the President's message cannot be surpassed. The enemies of the Executive will find it difficult to oppose the stand he takes on most of the questions now before the country for solution. It would be far better for the nation if those enemies would bury their hatred and partizanship and get to work...
While American troops are in Siberia it is difficult for the Japanese to take any action toward the absorption of this territory. If however, American troops are withdrawn, Japan is given a free hand, and can excuse almost any act on the ground of the necessity of securing Siberia against the Bolsheviki. The chances are excellent that we should shortly find that Japan had assumed the same relation toward Siberia that England held toward Egypt fifteen years ago--or that Japan herself once held toward Korea...