Word: moment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...President Wilson is an able man who is seeking to save the bourgeoisie, but he must not be followed," exclaimed M. Loriot at a meeting of French Socialists in Paris. "The moment has come to choose between him and Lenine...
...issue could not be more clearly or more felicitously expressed. It is an issue that does not confront the French Socialists alone. It confronts all Europe. It confronts the whole civilized world. From the moment the armistice was signed it became the dominant political question for the Peace Conference to answer. The irrepressible conflict of peace is between democracy and--Bolshevism. Is Wilson to triumph, or Lenine...
...made after four minutes of play on a quick shot from Bacon to Gross and into the Boston College net. From a scramble in front of the visiting team's goal two minutes later, Avery scored the second point for the University. Boston College made its first goal a moment after this play when Morrison tripped while skating toward the University's goal, carrying the puck through the net. Bacon and Gross tallied two more points for the University before the half was over, and Hughes shot a second goal for the visiting team, leaving the score...
...something started, to establish the many new boundaries according to the will of the peoples in question, to put the German people to work to pay off some of the debts they owe, those are the vital interests of the moment. Bankruptcy is facing England, France, and Italy. The delay of the peace terms means the prolonged mobilization of their military and naval forces, and that means just so much additional expense. Under such conditions, it is natural to blame the other fellow with the result that the spirit of friendly co-operation may be lost...
...enemies. Those who are ready with cut and dried schemes of international organization, in which Costa Rica and England are equally represented, or in which the International Army drills constantly at the Hague, understand neither the spirit nor the necessity of the time. The vital thing, at the moment, is to train men, and particularly statesmen, to the realization that conference is a better method than war for the settlement of disputes. International Government is bound to grow slowly and to encounter every degree of hesitation and scepticism. The League of Nations at the present time means nothing more than...