Word: directness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...complete in detail, but still ready for any emergency. And the same was true even farther back. From a region handicapped by the lack of transportation facilities, it grew to a district interwoven with miniature railway lines. There was not a part of the lines that was not in direct touch with the supply bases in the rear. And then there were the endless columns of motor trucks, guns, troops and more trucks. This branch of the French automobile service has been developed to a remarkable degree of efficiency...
...devolves upon the philosophers to show common sense--a faculty which after all is not in such direct conflict with philosophy as some may suppose. That prince of railing philosophers, George Bernard Shaw, is believed to be still at large in England, and to be free to come and go. We notice a certain diminution of his controversial output, and it is to be presumed that, in the exercise of the canny quality which he has shown on other occasions, Mr. Shaw has repressed himself in the interest of his personal safety. Mr. Bertrand Russell is not so canny...
...calling for quick turns off tackle, operating from a masked thrust, will be improved, and there will be in the latter games one or two novel offensive formations. On defence it should be recalled that no eleven was able to punch its way over Princeton's goal-line by direct thrusts last season. Lessons taught by methods through which opponents did make their scores against Nassau will, no doubt, prove effective this season. All in all the Tigers will be an interesting eleven to watch this autumn, and on the face of things, they promise to go far, provided...
...written by a student in the college. In the last few years undergraduate plays have been extremely rare. The sub-Bakerite students have been able to design scenery, to fix electric lights, to sell tickets, to set stages, and to act. Now they even find themselves able to direct productions. But they evidently think that this is the limit of their powers. Playwriting they have left to the Graduate School and Radcliffe; and what should be essentially an activity of the College has become a joint activity of Harvard's young and old and Radcliffe's young...
Chicago, Ill., June 8.--The spirit of compromise was the key-note of the Convention session this afternoon, and the feature of the official activities was the appointment by Chairman Harding of a committee of five to confer with a similar committee of Progressives for the direct purpose of finding some common grounds for action. Vital importance was attached to this appointment by the delegates...