Word: might
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...floods of rag-time and jazz are to sweep away all the dikes of protection against them, they will begin their work with the music-makers of the younger generation. They might easily prevail in this community were the programs of the Harvard Glee Club given over to the modern equivalents of "Upidee." It is entirely reassuring, therefore, to see the selections that have been chosen for the first concert--and to know that Dr. Davison, who practices good music as effectively as he preaches it, is to conduct them all. Lovers of the best choral music well sung will...
...forces from without that rushed them together under the meaningless formula 'Bolshevik.' The agitators have generally shown more cleverness in making use of this apparent solidarity than the forces of law and order have in depending upon the very real lack of solidarity that a bit of analysis might readily reveal...
During the war it would have been impossible for Mr. Kreisler to play in public. But the fighting is over, there is no excuse for its hysteria to continue. What might have been a patriotic stand during the heat of the conflict becomes now merely bigotry and intolerance, entirely out of place in free America...
...afford to live elsewhere and you need worry no longer as to the necessity for compulsion. As your Freshmen would rather live in the dormitories than outside of them so would your upperclassmen find their dormitories so rich in opportunity that they would not risk losing what they might thus gain...
...industrial firms it will be invaluable as a source of quick information which may save them many months of arduous research by especially hired experts. With the aid of its well equipped laboratories, Technology will be able to furnish almost immediate information at a minimum cost. An analogy might be drawn between the consulting function of the Department of Agriculture and this new department. If brings the theoretical in close contract with the practical side of industry...