Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thought of the present is desirable. Scholars usually shrink from this field, probably because critical judgments are hard to make and no-true perspective is possible, But the effort is especially important now, owing to the great changes which are going on in society. It will be a difficult task to bring order out of the seeming chaos of ideas and emotions which fills modern literature, but one worth ambition. Dr. Bernbaum's studies in the literature of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. When the problems of the present were in process of birth, together with his well-known...
...readily seen, however, when the conditions affecting student employment are understood, that such steady work as will pay a year's board bill is very difficult to obtain. When a man applies at the beginning of the year for a position of this sort, it is practically impossible to guarantee him any work of the nature he desires. Past experience shows that scarcely a dozen such positions occur during the year. When it is considered that some 500 men are anxious to avail themselves of these opportunities, it is easy to see the need of increasing the supply...
...established means who takes all the photographs he can, and returns at the end of three months, and the professional adventurer. As an antidote, he suggests extending the required term of service from three to six months. Granted that many ambulance-drivers are not without their imperfections, it is difficult to see how the proposed plan would provide an adequate remedy...
Team B scored first in the scrimmage yesterday, Bliss getting a goal on a clean sharp drive from a difficult angle. Percy evened matters a few minutes later, scoring on a pretty pass from Baldwin, and Thacher scored the last goal just before time was called, knocking the puck into the net from a scrimmage which drew Abbott out of the cage. The team A forwards took a number of shots at the goal, and followed up fast on the rebounds, but Abbott's effective work kept the score down...
...satisfying in each particular as to inhibit curiosity. I give the Monthly the highest praise when I say that I find nothing dependent for its value upon any "interest," either that which seeks the solution of some fictitious plot or of some human problem. Interests are easy and perceptions difficult, yet to experience the present is the end of all culture...