Word: longed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stop flight across the Atlantic has been successful, and that the "pond" has been bridge, not only by one who stopped to land at the Azores, but by an American and a Briton who spurned the ground for over 16 hours, adds one more to the long list of aerial accomplishments. The second team the establishment of a new altitude record of 33,136 feet, although of less public interest, still shows that constant progress is being made toward the mastery...
...cannot be denied that French and English industry is in a dangerously low condition. Particularly France will need aid for many years. Neither can it be denied that the United States was engaged in war only long enough to give her industry a hearty boom. To be sure this country has amassed a great debt and submitted to heavy taxation; yet its condition is more prosperous than in 1914. However America placed no limit upon her resources when she joined her Allies. Every penny of the nation's wealth was thrown upon the altar; that it was not sacrificed...
...implication running through the whole of Mr. Windle's argument is that civilized man will become so immediately capable of temperance, that no restraint is needed to keep him from alcoholic excess. The attainment of this condition will at best require a long process of steady development. Throughout this process, the excesses, and resultant losses to national usefulness and well-being are bound to continue...
...seconds, and at the end of the two mile point the first crew was a length behind the second oarsmen. This is not serious, however, for the second only counted on rowing two miles, while the University eight had to make allowance for a course just twice as long...
...costs, and must receive the recognition of the country. It promises to afford a meeting ground for ideas, and to promote discussion. It reminds us, at a time when the world seems too likely to forget, that, after all, it matters little whether we are conservatives or liberals so long as we are good conservatives and good liberals...