Word: lose
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...complete the loop and come out traveling in the opposite direction, the quickest way to turn around; and lastly, the side slip, where you turn the machine on its side till the wings are vertical and just plain fall without any supporting surface. It is the quickest way to lose altitude and you certainly do come down. You fall faster and faster till the wind roars through the wires and the machine shakes and vibrates till you think it is going to fly to pieces and till it throws the pilot hard against the belts...
...Washington and the principles which governed it have passed away. The practice of government must change to meet changing conditions. But the ideals of statesmanship in a constitutional democracy first exhibited by Washington we cannot afford to lose, if free government is to endure. They are needed today as never before in its development...
...called upon to face a fifth and a sixth year of war. We hope that Germany feels this influence first but we cannot count upon this. Half a million Americans in action this year may avail more than two millions a year from now if the Allies should lose their punch. Let the American force, small as it is, play an important part in the air, on the sea, and on land during the coming campaign...
Whether preference is given to a particular one of the new subject makes little difference. In learning any one, the student gains knowledge which is essential for winning a commission. The fact that this is a College course may cause men to just pass, and for that reason lose much of its value. continuous work will mean far more than a high grade; it will mean a better chance to secure a lieutenancy. The aim of this training is not scholarship, but preparation to became an officer...
...torture to see all this magnificent energy and sacrifice going for a cause which is itself only a means, and such a foolish, illogical means, than which, no one, as yet, sees a better--to an end which is vague and so far away that most hereabouts lose sight of it. Perhaps it is as well. For I don't believe the Poilu could think and go on as bravely and smilingly as he does...