Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...step in the Kaiser's attempt to influence public opinion here by implanting his peculiar kultur in the breasts and minds of impressionable youth. We are beginning to understand also that in the future we shall be bound more closely than ever before to the civilized nations of the earth, and that it will be wise to impart to the young knowledge of the history, customs, and ideas of peoples other than their own. Returning soldiers will perhaps render efficient aid in this branch of study...
...according to dispatches just received from France, on Monday shot down an enemy two-seated airplane inside the American lines northwest of Toul. Six German and three American planes participated in the encounter. After a running fight from an altitude of 500 meters to within 200 meters of the earth, Sewall finally brought down a Hun airman in an open field...
...last generation. The laissez-faire doctrine and the highly developed individualism of 30 years ago have given way to a new conception of society. Already gaining headway before the war, it has now expanded into the greatest force in human relations. There is no more certain sign on earth than the modern tendency toward a more communistic and socialistic organization of every nation's life...
...session, and by all odds the best of its kind ever held in this country, was abandoned after only one lot of 550 of our officers, old and young, had received instruction in it. Now we know that there is no mind on earth capable of predicting how much time may be available for completing the training of units after they arrive in France. We see that the one right thing to do on this side of the Atlantic is what General Pershing is doing behind the fighting lines--to wit, making the best possible use of every possible moment...
...location and temperament of nations, and to the advancement of civilization. To the poor an automobile is a luxury; to the business man or statesman it is a necessity. Fur coats are indispensable in Norway while they are far from necessary in the more temperate regions of the earth. A Hottentot considers the necessaries of civilization the height of luxury. When interpreted in this light there are few things of daily life which do not in some way answer important needs of society...