Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...states, notably the state of Michigan, have had for a time good elective judiciaries; but the electors do not consistently maintain the highest standards of selection, and not infrequently fail to re-election the most admirable judges. Indeed, such a tenure of judicial office disregards some of the most obvious of human qualities. A judge who desires re-election cannot help considering what effect his conduct in the court-room and his published decisions will have on his re-election. As an elected judge grows older and therefore less able to resume practice, he inevitably becomes more timorous and less...
...irrationality of war must be obvious even to the militarist. Its decisions are inherently unjust or only occasionally and accidentally just. Might, despite the proverb, is not right. The traditional slogan, "In time of peace prepare for war" is a relic of mediaeval days of incessant warfare, and has no meaning today. There is no surer way to make other nations distrust us than to distrust them. Let us trust and be trusted...
...this influence may work both ways, and afford others the opportunity to understand better the college man. It is hardly necessary to enumerate the other advantages of this proposed naval training. The value of the discipline, the experience to be derived from travel, and the physical development obtainable are obvious benefits. But, in order to work out the details of this plan and to apply it successfully, the co-operation of a large number of students is necessary, and since the proposal is so meritorious, it is hoped that enough support will be forthcoming from the student body to insure...
...verify the truth of the above incident, as I was present at the meeting. Doubtless this particular news item, for obvious reasons, will be copied by various newspapers in different parts of the country and read by thousands, perhaps millions, of Americans with mingled feelings of disapproval, of shame, and of regret,--regret that Harvard College could stoop so low as to hiss her most distinguished alumnus...
...undergraduate community is the proper adjustment of academic and extra-curriculum work. The neglect of scholarship is a deplorable fact; persistent attention to so-called "outside activities" in omnipresent. We realize fully the maladjustment of our college life, and our problem concerns its readjustment. In the solution it is obvious that the various activities of some two-thousand men cannot be reduced to one pursuit, scholarship, but it seems possible that a closer connection may be set up between college courses and other undergraduate endeavor. If such a connection be possible, academic work will share in the attention devoted...