Word: lot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Some women were waving American flags on the porches, or rather the door-steps of their tiny white houses, and I felt thrills leaping from my heart to my head that I shall never forget. The spirit of France, her sacrifices and hardships, her maltreatment and loyal fight--a lot of boyish emotions made me stand up as straight as an arrow. And I noticed the sternness of the expressions on the faces of the officers about me. We were beginning to realize why we were there...
...Many a noble in Europe has pined away because the Grand Duchess did not care for him, but all those romances are things of the past, for this charming young woman has decided that the present Russia is no place for a debutante;--she has determined to cast her lot among us. Fortunately the Grand Duchess has left her family, which has always been a handicap to her, behind...
These clothing collections are carried out each year by the Social Service Committee of Phillips Brooks House in order to give students a chance to dispose of their discarded possessions where they will do the most good. All clothing is sorted carefully, and the best of the lot given to needy students, while the rest is devoted to the aid of the deserving poor...
...Nobody can talk about the sacrifice in these times of men who are doing their duty," was the chief point which Major Higginson emphasized. "There's nothing like doing something for other people--and your country represents a lot of other people. You are here to learn to serve in something perhaps harder than war." He went on to speak of the responsibilities placed on the younger men by the loss of so many lives in the war, saying that "Hundreds of thousands of men must be replaced and horrible destruction made good. When peace comes--like a thief...
...University is now making arrangements for the purchase of an extra lot of uniforms for the Corps. No uniforms are to be issued today, owing to the fact that the supply is exhausted...