Word: kinds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Yale Athletic Association, taking occasion to deny reports that Yale is negotiating with the University or any college for a baseball game, has issued an announcement that athletics with other universities are definitely off. There will be no ball games, boat races or contests of any kind until...
...cities. They have heard, with a voice that may not be denied, the call for going to the land. They have purchased overalls of the latest 1917 model from the clothiers, and now besiege dairy, truck and ranch farmers with requests for any work of an arduous kind which will increase their country's food production, all the way from milking cows to raking the leaves off the front lawn...
When the Turks began the attack on Van, they met an armed resistance from the Armenians who were able to obtain weapons of any kind. Bombs were thrown into Van by the Turks, but the Armenian women patrolled the city and rushed up to the bombs before the fuses had burned to the powder, and after extinguishing the flame, used the powder for the shells, which were used against the Turks. After 28 days of continual fighting, the Turks decided that it would be impossible to overcome the Armenian resistance quickly, and on hearing that the Russians were coming...
...being changed from a battalion of infantry to a regiment of engineers which has, in proportion, double the number of non-commissioned officers, there are a large number of vacancies. The engineers are the highest branch of the service and offer the greatest opportunity for advancement. Although any kind of technical, mathematical, or military experience is of value, it is by no means necessary. The intention is rather to train military engineers under regular army officers, than to enlist men trained in some other branch of engineering...
...appreciate greatly the kind reception and the parade of the regiment, and are deeply touched by your magnificent welcome. Apart from the demonstration of the people of Boston, which was most gracious, I am impressed by the appearance of your young men of the Corps, and I am sure that they well make perfect soldiers...