Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...then the way will lie open for the Germans to seize the rich Lombard plain, capture new ports for submarine bases on the Mediterranean, and even menace France from the rear. Any aid to prevent this, if it is to be effective, must be immediate. The danger is so instant and overwhelming as to leave no time for deliberation. Already the French cabinet is considering what aid France can give her ally; but France is unable to assume this new responsibility alone. All must help, not only for Italy's sake, but for the cause of the Allies...
...present is no time to embarrass the government with strikes, unless the provocation be instant and overwhelming. All classes, rich and poor, are making every sacrifice in their power to help win the war. It would never do that these sacrifices be nullified by the pretentions of any one class. The strikers can no longer put forward increased cost of living as an excuse, for in a few months the cost of living will decrease under government supervision; nor should a shorter day be asked. The sacrifice that is most immediately in the laborer's power is work, increased...
...exuberant with the intoxication of first liberty. Much as we, much as the Allies, might wish Russia to enter in the common war against Germany with renewed fire and fiercer incentive for victory, yet our wishes nor the wishes of the Allies could influence a people before whom an instant and more obvious liberation was opened. Russia is much like a small boy who has a job to do, but who, receiving the legacy of a dime, loses interest in that work which may only bring him a nickel...
...There was no doubt as to what he meant. The issue was at last clear to every American. The doubts which had troubled and divided us were dispelled in an instant. We were united and uplifted by an heroic act. We were not light-hearted. Every man knew that this act would probably lead to war, and every man knew that war might sweep away his property, his life or those he loved. There were no boisterous demonstrations. But every man felt a silent thankfulness that through his President he had now committed himself to a cause...
...sociology, to relieve the mind of those traditional notions that restricted the comprehension of the new art, the new politics, the new freedom. Study is alien to the college; it would intrude on time that might be worthily spent in fashionable activities and no modern faculty would for an instant encourage it. If athletics is not the first aim of college, why is the football coach paid three times, four times, the salary of the professor of Greek...