Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Much structural steel and iron work remains to be done, and there has been unexpected difficulty in arranging the piping system for the rink, but except for this delay the progress has been rapid. According to present plans there will be balconies on both ends and on one side, which will give the rink a total seating capacity of nearly...
There have been many difficulties encountered in repairing the Big Tree swimming pool, which has also been renovated. The water heretofore has been so full of iron that, on standing for a time in the pool, it became murky. This trouble has been repaired by arranging to connect the swimming pool pipes with some Cambridge water instead of with the old artesian well water. This water will be heated by the plant in Dunster...
Bismark, being asked what he would do if his right flank were protected by fortifications and his left flank by a promise replied he would prepare for an attack through the promise. So, in 1914, peaceful Belgium was protected by a promise, but, unlike the Iron Chancellor who was a German and judged others by himself--Belgium looked for an attack from nowhere. She rested in false security, as everyone knows. Her government was riddled with German espionage; the forts surrounding Antwerp had been electrically wired by a German firm, so that when the stege later came, the wiring...
...they are to understand, they, must be spoken to in their own language of blood and iron. They must realize completely that Germany and Kultur have both been defeated, and can never succeed. Then there will come a time for instruction in the language of civilization and humanity--not before...
...gold and silver medals among the two unhappy teams is astonishing to say the least, besides giving color to the rumors that Harvard is fast becoming Prussianized. We are told that the Germans were accustomed to stimulate their troops after a "strategic retreat" by a wholesale dispensation of Iron Crosses. If the Debating Council is pursuing this plan, then we heartily approve, for the worthy debaters unquestionably deserve something...