Word: moment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...available for completing the training of units after they arrive in France. We see that the one right thing to do on this side of the Atlantic is what General Pershing is doing behind the fighting lines--to wit, making the best possible use of every possible moment. One thing is certain, no officer can ever be too well trained. That he should not be too little trained, the school now opened at Devens gives promising new assurance. --Boston Transcript...
Though America has sustained an irreparable loss in Lufbery's death, there is in it an inspiration that can never fade out. The memory of this great warrior, struck in the moment of victory, will put some of his spirit into the efforts of our ever-increasing flock of sky fighters. We need have no fear that the first American Ace will not be amply avenged...
...many difficulties even for the trained hand, and in this regard Mr. Strout and Mr. Henderson have acquitted themselves remarkably well. Of the two stories the former is the more ambitious, and is, perhaps, partly on that account, the more uneven. The semi-detached prelude, in which for a moment the author intrudes in his personal capacity, quite unnecessarily, is not altogether in tune with the rest of the story. Despite, however, its occasional lapses into the immature and inept, the story as a whole is vividly and consistently imagined, vigorously told, and shows in several instances an acute understanding...
Though in spring our fancy turns to the finer things in life, the Faculty insists that before revelling at Revere and similarly enjoying the beauties of Nature we pick up some selection of prose, peruse it for a moment and quickly decide whether the masterpiece is written in the guttural snarl of the Teuton or the musical rhythm of France. This done, the worst is over. If the work belongs to the French school translate firently, using love as the fundamental; if German, emphasize the wonders of the Fatherland, whistle the Lorelei and depart, thanking the instructor for listening...
...team overwhelmed Phillips Andover Academy on Brothers Field, Andover, Saturday afternoon, with a score of 19 runs to 3. Andover's pitchers were pounded hard and the home team fielded loosely. In the first two innings the Freshmen made 13 runs, after which the game was never for a moment in doubt...