Word: millions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...only conditions that Mr. Pratt made were that the money should be held by trustees till the amount was three-quarters of a million, and that the building should bear on its outside its name...
...impressing on his hearers the grave situation of the Allied cause at present. "We are now at our lowest ebb," he said. "With Russia out of it, Italy's latest catastrophe is most serious. Our own American troops in France are a mere handful; we must get our million men across next spring...
...million men put their thoughts before God on right, love of liberty, and determination to win, and you increase the fighting force of the nation. That was what made Cromwell's army so powerful in England...
...next few months are likely to be the most critical period of the war for the United States. The first stages of preparation are over. We have drafted and sent to training camps a half million men who must be disciplined into an army; we have voted enormous appropriations for war equipment and extended large credits to our allies; and we have reorganized our governmental machinery to protect and promote increased production...
...spite of savings of about $200,000 through smaller faculty salary lists, Yale this year will have a deficit of more than a quarter of a million dollars. The exact estimate of a loss of $258,866 does not include new gifts which may be made during the year, especially from the Alumni Fund...