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...unrestricted submarine campaign, brought it on herself. But his digs at Wilson promise livelier ones to come in further volumes. Lloyd George's view is that Wilson hoped never to engage the U. S. in actual fighting, thought a declaration of war might be enough to frighten Germany into surrender...
Before Immediate Epic was promulgated, William Gibbs McAdoo tried to soothe his fellow Californians' rising hysteria from the vantage point of distant Washington. Said he: "This 'wolf scare' doesn't frighten me at all." But California property owners were now thoroughly alarmed. As capital continued to emigrate, bums, panhandlers, tramps and just plain jobless continued to immigrate across the State borders. All over the State Motor Vehicle Department clerks reported an influx of travelers with suitcases or blanket rolls who said they heard there was going to be "plenty of work in California" for unemployed...
Chemistry 2a is an introductory course in organic chemistry. Do not let this frighten you away. For those timid and unassuming souls who shy from all things new and unexperienced, this organic stuff means only that the course has limited itself to the study of carbon and its compounds. True, there are more than a few compounds in this field. That too, should not frighten you for Professor Fieser does a splendid job of "essential plucking...
...this early paternalism frighten you or even allow you to feel that Harvard will do your thinking for you. These first few days contain much spoon feeding, used in an effort to make the transition from school to college as easy as possible. Within the next few weeks that nursing system will stop as abruptly as it began and you will be left entirely upon your own, with only the guiding hand of an extremely busy adviser to help you. It is up to you in these first few weeks to make this year what it is. First hour examinations...
...wife Marie are on a "paddle tour." Last week they were paddling a few miles from Istanbul in the general direction of Greece. A storm came up and they sought shelter on the Turkish shore. "Our only weapon," said Professor Borden afterward, "was a toy pistol to frighten away savage dogs...