Word: herculean
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Paris, however, looks thoroughly chastened. The crowds in the subway, on the boulevards, show on their faces that the war has borne heavily on them--they look tired and careworn, each doing his share in the struggle, and each weighted down by the thought of the Herculean necessity for victory. The soldiers and officers seem unable to escape from the thought of going back to the trenches--they are imprisoned by the immense forces playing against each other, being mentally as well as physically crushed by the intense pressure at the front...
...Senegambian of Herculean proportions and a solid celluloid dome will be prepared to dodge anything short of bombs. There will be no admission charged to the sideshows, but qualifiers in the various contests will be awarded free tickets to the most astounding array of freaks that ever tripped the timbers. On the big, free, open-air stage will take place a number of specialties for which Europe, Asia, Africa and Providence have been ransacked...