Word: ironing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...English. Many of us were detached to other hospitals which were understaffed when the big push was on, and so I am sure that by rubbing shoulders with the British officers and Tommies throughout all Northern France, by giving them our best efforts when they were down to iron rations last spring, the University's Unit accomplished untold good in furthering the spirit of co-operation between the two great English speaking peoples
...Peace Conference involve questions of physical, economic and commercial geography. They involve problems in ethnic geography. The French, British and American geographers have been at work for months preparing maps of the physical features, of the present and past boundaries, of race distribution, of the distribution of coal, iron, oil, forests, and various other natural resources within the continent. There are a score of geographers available as experts at the Peace Conference. We fully expect a new geography for Europe, a new geography for western Asia, and changes in the geography of Africa and in the distribution of the islands...
Since this need of cordial international co-operation is so essential, why are the peace terms not forged now while the iron is hot? The longer they are delayed, the more chance is there for the German propagandists to sow discord among the Allies and to draw attention away from the indemnity. There is no doubt that this is being attempted. The old imperial governmental mechanism has been taken over in whole by the Ebert government. The same men are in charge. The reported "panning" of the French and British by the American soldiers can be attributed only...
...little its advantages and magnify its difficulties. Such men are utterly out of tune with the age in which they live; in their minds they are living in the day when "might took the place of right, and the weak were oppressed, and the mighty ruled with an iron...
...conquest, it is only logical that full advantage be taken of the opportunity. It is scarcely conceivable that Germany will be guided by any scruples concerning the rights of the small Slavic peoples. On the contrary, the traditional imperial policy indicates the desirability and need of striking while the iron is hot, and devoting all energy to a complete success in the Eastern theatre of war. Moreover, from a military point of view, the softness of the ground and the great strength of the Allied lines portend little success for an offensive in Flanders...