Word: interest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...individuals facing one another; certainly much more than in hordes of men joining battle. There are surely many heroic encounters taking place in the infantry, but we cannot hear of these so easily. Aviation at present is a service where single combat must be the feature. Our peculiar interest in it may be the result of its infancy, for the new holds much charm for us. And yet trench fighting does not thrill us in the same way, in spite of its new place in modern warfare. The romantic element in aviation surely lies in the fact that individual wits...
...most valuable experience abroad in a particular and most unusual kind of work which someone had to do here. We had in him a man not only of experience and ability, but one of the highest and most patriotic motives--a man above party animus or bias, above private interest, without concealments or prejudices. He patriotically assumed a most ungrateful duty, the performance of which was bound to arouse unthinking criticism. Whether or not he has acted wisely in connection with every detail of his great and complicated work, he has certainly done well on the whole, and has entitled...
...also pointed out that bonds exchanged for merchandise must in most cases immediately be sold in the open market, which tends to depress the market price of the issue and makes it less easy to sell future issues at the same rate of interest...
...meeting of all men interested in the formation of a Freshman swimming team this winter will be held in the Gore Hall Common Room this evening at 7 o'clock. If sufficient interest is shown, arrangements will be made to secure a coach, and the pool of the Boston Y. M. C. A. on Huntington avenue will be reserved for practice several afternoons each week. The Athletic Association has given its sanction to a Freshman swimming team and will make arrangements for meets with nearby service teams and probably with a Yale 1921 team...
...invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest, but assume no responsibility for sentiments expressed under this head...