Word: elementally
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...safety they are bent on stirring up mischief in Ireland with the obvious purpose of giving aid to the enemies of this country. With them the great mass of the true friends of Ireland in the United States have no alliance or association; to the methods of this element, as loyal Americans, they can never assent...
...must be said, however, that there is at least an element of the miraculous in the University's escape forth more serious loss of the precious documents and historical papers which had been stored in the building. According to all casual opinion it must seem an inexcusable negligence which ever hazarded these records to the keeping of so old a building, quite without any system of fireproofing. At least they might have been kept in protected vaults. Boston Transcript...
...University--as a whole. In other words, one of about every four members of the club is engaged in some form of service directly related to the war, with the men in auxiliary work outnumbered nearly three to one by those in active service. There would be an element of guess-work in applying this ration to the entire Harvard fellowship; yet we do not believe any serious miscalculation would result. --Alumni Bulleting...
...third, the logical course of those who can afford a college education. Although not everyone belongs to a training corps yet those who do are for the most part potential commanders. Since West Point is out of the question for the great majority, and since the element of chance rising from the ranks is considerable in the case of an untrained soldier, university R. O. T. C.'s are the most accessible, and yet quite certain means of reaching high position. They form the most convenient stepping stone for many future officers...
...single combat must be the feature. Our peculiar interest in it may be the result of its infancy, for the new holds much charm for us. And yet trench fighting does not thrill us in the same way, in spite of its new place in modern warfare. The romantic element in aviation surely lies in the fact that individual wits are battling for supremacy. It is a service which will give us many new heroes to hold in national esteem...