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...remember into Her room. Personally I don't see anything embarrassing in this; I've had it happen to me by accident actual times. 'His veins surged and his breath came in quick short pants. She sensed his presence and fronted him full. "Back" she feed. He had come nearer. She could hear his pants as he spoke. And then the door closed and there stood the husband...
...task of training teachers is difficult and cannot be conducted without the development of something much nearer an adequate science and philosophy of education than we now have. Trained teachers are already infinitely superior to untrained teachers, but much remains to be done before teacher-training institutions can hope to be reasonably successful in their own effort...
...College Observatory is also on Garden street, several blocks nearer the Yard. Here there is an extensive equipment for graduate research work...
...getting tired of destructive criticism. Under the press of abnormal war conditions hysteria was almost university prevalent; and the belligerents on either side did their best to foster tills mad spirit in the ranks of their enemies with the hope of breaking down their morale and making victory nearer and easier for themselves. But now that the war is over, and people generally are slowly coming to their senses the revolutionary element is finding that its room is desired far more than its company...
What are the conditions at the present time? We are now about five times nearer Europe owing to improved transportation facilities. We have acquired interests in Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines which must be protected. Our commerce, oftentimes carried in foreign-owned ships, penetrates to nearly every corner of the globe. In the growing interdependence of nations and their closer contact with one another, our country has by no means remained isolated; the nations of Europe were not at war three years when the United States was drawn into the conflict. World peace is no longer a provincial...