Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Irish have borne the brunt of much misrule and the question of Ireland is, no doubt, a black page in English history. For the present, nevertheless, the Irish have failed to appreciate their obligations and have conducted themselves in a manner out of harmony with the safety of the empire. In mixing home rule and conscription, England has blundered both as regards justice and expediency. Irish conscription we must have; and home rule we may have, but the two bear no direct relation to each other...
Perhaps the intention was to give the advanced course men extra credit because of their attendance at the Barre camp last summer. Allowing this to be an entirely fair and just reward, nevertheless should a course which requires twice as many hours of work as a regular college course count only as the equivalent of half such a course...
...Harvard and Yale teams of this year no doubt fall below the standard of the past. There has been neither the material nor the training of times preceding the war. Military considerations have in all cases superseded the demands of effective practice. Nevertheless, there remain the fundamental attractions of every Yale-Harvard game. The teams are equal in strength; the spirit is there; the undergraduates feel that the time for adding to our string of victories has again come. We welcome Yale as our guests. With many of our best men leaving next week for Government service, today's contest...
...nought. Such an arrangement is obviously unfair and wrong. The College is going to the trouble of giving the undergraduate camp aspirants special exams.; why should not the Law School do as much? Granting that the study of law presents problems which do not exist in an academic course, nevertheless the studies of three paltry weeks should not be allowed to stand in the way of a man's future, when this future is to be devoted to the service of his country...
...their bank deposits. With thousands the thrift instinct has been aroused for the first time: More years of war or sudden peace will not affect the personal equation in the preachment of frugality. At first it will be only gradually realized, the evolution of type being brought about, but nevertheless surely the foundation has been laid for a greater and saner, a better and more secure America after the war. St. Paul Pioneer Press...