Word: notted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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"Few people in America," says Dr. Washburn, "realize the conditions that exist today in Turkey. The much talked of German influence has disappeared completely--on my last trip through Turkey I did not see a single German nor was there a single German store or bank open for business. From...
"Although the Turks have always been reputed to be the most cruel and barbaous of the nations, I cannot believe that the people of Turkey are any more cruel than those of other countries. The leaders, the rulers, it is true, have been barbarous in the extreme but the people...
"There is no danger of America's becoming involved in the Balkan troubles as Turkey in Europe is now so small as to occasion no disputes. All the European nations, the Great Powers included, are in favor of an American mandate and would take it themselves were they not already...
It is certainly too bad that hockey cannot be played in front of an open fire, but the nature of the sport seems to preclude the idea. Doubtless the football team would prefer to practice in morrischairs; the swimming team would like to hold their races in bathtubs. Doubtless, but...
"A good act is a beautiful act," says Mr. Whitman in his "Philosophy of Beauty." This is treading on rather dangerous aesthetic ground since the word Beauty is by Definition (thought not by usage) in its own sphere. The point is best described by the difference between connotation and detonation...