Word: perilously
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Good Government Clubs, and in 1897 was secretary of the New York Small Parks Commission. He has written a number of books and magazine articles on these subjects, among the best known of which are, "How the Other Half Lives," "The Battle with the Slum," and "The Peril and the Preservation of the Home...
...York Small Parks Commission and an executive officer of the Good Government Clubs in 1896 and 1897. He has written a number of books and magazine articles on these subjects, among the best known of which are, "How the Other Half Lives," "The Battle with the Slum," and "The Peril and the Preservation of the Home...
...Peril of Change," by C. F. G. Masterman...
...doctrine that public offices are "spoils" in any sense. To dispel this belief we need only exert our active will, for the real stumbling block is not ignorance, but the torpor of national conscience. Once we realize that submission to the "spoils" system is cowardly and a source of peril to the common wealth its overthrow will be easy to accomplish...
...crisis in Bagdad at the end of the eighth century, M. Millet said, and a thorough reform of the Christian church in the eleventh century, coupled with the desire to restore the old Roman empire, was directly responsible for the Crusades. These served to subdue the Mohammedans--the "yellow peril" of the Middle Ages. With the decline of the Crusading spirit Europe came into contact with the luxury of the East; and great commercial natons, such as Venice, came into prominence. While the empire in Europe was slowly going to pieces, Rome was futilely endeavoring to form a united Christian...