Word: failings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...savings in government bonds, while the present state of the stock market, lowered to panic level by vast liquidation of British collateral, offers him a chance to buy some gilt-edged security at an unusual bargain. In reality he is defeating his own ends, as should the loan fail, taxation would of necessity be largely increased, and the war considerably prolonged...
...course of military training by the Administration. No one wants or should want to make this a gloomy year. It is right that recreation and the normal social life of the college should continue without being termed frivolities. But if the college life of this year is not to fail sadly to adjust itself to new conditions, one new ingredient must be decidedly introduced into college life, and that is attention to military work and drill. --Brown Herald...
...present time it is planned to have the regular University crew next spring in case the war should be over by that time. Therefore the Upper classmen who report for fall rowing will be in a far better position to win positions on the University than those who fail to avail themselves of this opportunity. No "H" men will be back. If a University crew is formed next spring, it will be built around a nucleus formed by the few men who will return and who held positions last year on the second and third crews. This leaves several vacancies...
...agreeable to note that after our premature and tempestuous rejoicing over the success of the war loan, and our later and yet more tempestuous lamentations that it was to fail, it has now been subscribed with a fat surplus. Again we have been true to our national character, for the American likes to talk, and he talks a great deal; but when he is put to doing a job which must be done, he does...
...curious that New England, famous for her men; and if not for her men, for her wealth; and if not for her wealth, for her self sacrifice, should fail now. She failed her allotted quota of enlistments in the army. There were reasons. She is failing now her allotted quota of money. What are the reasons...