Word: moment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will be worth while having a few dozen members of Columbia's faculty dismissed in disgrace for holding subversive principles if the rest of us can know at a moment's notice what we ought to think and believe. New York...
...wisp of song, a moment...
...means with which he is wholly unfamiliar. Military information of importance may be withheld from an enemy by the publication of dispatches in this form, but they will look queer until we get used to them: "Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 30.--Mr. Bryan said today: "The -- is cast. From this moment we are all--. Our shores were invaded at dawn. Before sunset one--volunteers will spring to arms.'" Dashes are less cumbersome than (word or words deleted by the censor). In certain cases they may even heighten the effect produced by the news. As in this case...
...Seniors should get their caps and gowns at the Co-operative immediately to prevent a rush at the last moment. Class officers are requested to order their gowns before 6 o'clock tomorrow. 1917 CLASS DAY COMMITTEE...
...mines, both belligerents are now obviously on an equal footing, as any specific warning in connection with the use of this species of weapon is, of course, out of the question. As regards the employment of her submarines, Germany, instead of withholding her threat until the moment of capture, as is the British practice, gives warning in advance that any vessel entering the prescribed area does so at its own risk. At the same time she mitigates the rigor of this decree by providing a restricted sea-lane which may be used by American passenger vessels with impunity. This restriction...