Word: epochal
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Previous wars ended and left little trace upon the landscape of the Somme Valley. This vaster conflict, fought with a million-fold more destructive weapons, will not rely upon historians for its chronicle; like a geologic epoch, it is blasting into the countryside the ineffaceable record of its vehemence and horror...
...example. It is not too much to say, however, that where such manifestations as these are discovered in the spontaneous life of an institution, there you may know one more American college is of a truth "finding the range," and preparing to forge its way forward into a new epoch of public usefulness. Boston Transcript...
...raised. The lectures, we can feel sure, will be attended not only by the few who have the wisdom to seek additional opportunities for education, but by the many who want to increase their general knowledge, and to understand as well as possible the varied phases of the epoch through which they live. In past years the lectures at the Union filled this need to a large extent, but only with the closing of the Union came the realization of its value and the work it did. The University cannot afford to abolish such lectures; their part in its life...
...close of the present week will see an epoch-making change in the relations between this country and the old world. War knows no limitations, recognizes no boundaries. After a century and a half of political isolation from Europe, the United States will take part, perhaps a decisive part, in the war conference of the entente allies in Paris. For the first time in our history as a nation we will enter the maelstrom of European politics and take a hand in the solution of its problems. Fear of entangling alliances is gone. The economic and physical barriers between this...
Today marks the beginning of a new epoch in the history of the University, for Harvard has at last an officers' training corps for Navy men. The ensign school, formerly at Technology, has been moved here. With the radio school in full swing and the ensign candidates coming here for instruction, the University is indeed in war paint...