Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Swindling under these conditions comes close to treason. And if a foreign grocer is deprived of his rights to sell because he charges a few cents in excess of the legal rate for sugar, the capitalist who turns sorely needed funds into private pockets must not expect to retain his power over finance. Loyalty and service are the tests or survival...
...against 9,160 for the year before. American authors, who furnished 8,430 of the books of 1916, contributed but 8,107 to the lists for 1917. Imported books fell from 1,648 to 1,324 in the two-year period of comparison; American prints of foreign works rose from 367 to 629, this increase being accounted for by the natural boom in war books...
...Foreign armies include in their ranks even boys, while we hesitate to enroll all who have reached their majority. That men between 20 and 22 years of age make enthusiastic, efficient soldiers needs no proof, nor can the authorities at Washington be ignorant of this fact. Not only do they show as much skill in fighting, but they also are less likely than older recruits to have dependents. Comparatively few have progressed so far in business or in any profession that their prospects of future success are seriously diminished. By enrolling men as they come of age the War Department...
...guess I told you about having two men hit on my immediate right and one on my left in front of Y--. Nothing like being commissioned on the 13th, joining the 13th engineers, landing on foreign soil on the 13th, etc., for good luck. Incidentally, I went all over the Canadian trench tramways on the 13th, and believe me, it was a warm trip at times...
...most scholarly from enjoying this privilege. Now, however, almost anyone who has sufficient knowledge of Latin and some other language is eligible. Students who desire to carry their work beyond their undergraduate life will benefit most, for they can now secure much easier than formerly a degree from a foreign university. Research scholars and those seeking the honors that can be won in a world-famed institution will welcome the change...