Word: havoc
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...those national powers which once insured victory for a people no longer avail. Valor and fortitude, however great, may win unaided skirmishes, but they may not win wars. The fullest resources of the nation in material must be gathered together to arm troops and sustain them during the long havoc-working months in the field. As example of this, if the constantly expected but unlikely sudden breakdown does occur in Germany, it will be not a breakdown of man power, but of material, of money, of national credit whereby individuals will cease to bear arms in defence of a nation...
...save through gifts. If the German Emperor had never had dreams of Weltmacht, and been content to hold to his central domains, many brave Frenchmen would now be living in peace, and their children would look to their fathers for support. But the ambition of a foreign emperor brought havoc in lands not under his control, and as a result the orphans of France call to America...
...knowledge that we are called upon to fight as a nation in arms, rather than as an honest broker for braver peoples, may work some havoc to our calm peace, and our pride in our fat prosperity. But we will gather from that knowledge a new consciousness of our former strength. We will awaken to the call for sacrifice, and give our very utmost for that cause which we have undertaken...
...Most of us will agree that this weakness is due to the forward pass which, as it has been perfected, has played ever-increasing havoc with defensive line play. How, for instance, are forwards to charge promptly when there is the threat of a forward pass in the air? The tendency, and the proper tendency, is to straighten up and get the nature, as well as the direction of the play, and this certainly militates against a proper defensive line charge. Then, too, the unbalanced formations and other practices designed to unsettle opposing linesmen play their part. All this...
...sting of this defeat was somewhat mitigated by the victory over Colgate, 23 to 0 the following Saturday. A new star, Walter Camp, Jr., appeared and played with a speed and dash that worked havoc in the Colgate team; time and again he went around end, while many of his punts were over 50 yards. The victory was the more encouraging because the team played without the services of Captain Howe, Ketcham or Philbin...