Word: moment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...share in the responsibilities of the League will be so insignificant in comparison with the ensuing benefits as not to bear discussion. Senator Lodge, however, has an equally difficult task in successfully maintaining that America ought not to forego the Monroe Doctrine and Washington's advice at a moment when the world's problems seem to many more far-reaching than Monroe or Washington ever dreamed they might become...
...Conor's "Song for Two Sisters" is what one expects from his accomplished pen. He sings musingly, refreshing as he sings a hackneyed metre, enchanting a passing moment. Mr. Ryan, on the contrary, strives to reveal the dramatic clash of will on will, of thought on thought. His verse is wrought carefully, studiously. If he were a violinist I should say of him that he doesn't pull a good long bow; he doesn't lift you on the line -- end -- stopped or run-on "The Other Man's Wife" is simpler than "The City of Dim Faces," and gains...
...which you are putting into your agreement; that no nation can submit to the judgment of other nations; and that we must be careful at the beginning not to attempt too much... But I do not believe that when Washington warned us against entangling alliances he meant for one moment that we should not join with other civilized nations of the world, if a method could be found to diminish war and encourage peace. The limit of voluntary arbitration has, I think, been reached. I think the next step... is to put force behind international peace." What a strange reverse...
...decide the policy of the three institutions and once more they have given out the report that "no definite decision was reached on any point." The University has become quite accustomed to this lack of action on the part of this estimable committee but at the present moment when the need of action on the athletic question is vital, it is beginning to wonder where the value and usefulness of this body lies...
...moment has come to decide between him (Wilson) and Lenine," says the New York World. The question is put to all people. The united labor party is refusing a return to old policies. We must of necessity choose...