Word: mereness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which the Government pays for its wants has been a brake on individual production. Large classes of labor and groups of manufacturers have become impressed with the notion that they are indispensable. High wages have made it appear to many workers that they are fulfilling a patriotic duty by merely being present on the job. High prices for ships, military equipment and munitions have convinced some manufacturers that their obligation is fulfilled by the mere fact that they are in the business. The incentive of competition for customers or employment being removed, producers of the manifold war requirements are spending...
...American public has been called upon so often for war charities and has at all times made so adequate a response that the mere announcement of another occasion for giving may assume success. Yet it is an opportunity deserving the particular support of University students which the annual spring clothing collection of the Phillips Brooks House affords...
...proclamation is worth several Presidential or Prime-Minister definitions of peace after war. It speaks louder than mere words. Our enemies, we believe, will fully appreciate the determination which lies behind the fact of any trade renunciation necessary to win the war. he Outlook...
...former years the duties of the Freshman officers were never very difficult: a smoker, a Red Book, and the choosing of a few committees. But this year these four men have the huge task of bringing their class to its senses and making it realize that mere numbers do not justify the ricidulous conceit which is now 1921's dominant characteristic. Last year, and even more so in previous years, the Freshman knew his place and kept in it. There was no hazing,--it was unnecessary,--but the Freshman respected the upperclassman and treated him with consideration. In those days...
...plan will depend for its success upon something more than the mere approval of the War Department. To be of the fullest value it must also have Governmental recognition. The argument so often presented in the case of individual college camps that the Federal authorities cannot distinguish between institutions will no longer obtain. Here will be an all-college Plattsburg to all intents and purposes identical with the training camps which the Federal authorities themselves created. If may be too much to expect that the college students attending will be granted commissions on a satisfactory completion of the course...