Word: pessimistically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...When the pessimist makes a survey of the events of the year past he is always sure to find an indication of wars to come, and so it is with a Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail". Germany and Russia are in the act of concluding an alliance which will give combined strength enough for a satisfactory vengeance on France. Meanwhile Poland is to be repartitioned, and the greater part annexed to Russia, to give the two countries a common frontier. Then Germany and Russia will make a new treaty which will at least have the virtue of satisfying...
...whooping-cough, and seems destined to grow up a strong member of the family of nations. Once established it will prove an effectual buffer between the central-European countries--more effective than the Belgium of 1914, because larger and stronger. And if, as has sometimes been claimed the true pessimist is really an optimist because everything will turn out better than he expects, the Daily Mail's correspondent can look forward to seeing in Poland the one hopeful sign in a badly confused and battered Europe...
...cruel days! If we uttered a prayer not long ago that Cornell be saved for mankind from the inroads of ambitious women, we utter the same prayer for ourselves more fervently than over, now that our danger has been demonstrated to be so close and so real. To the pessimist there can be little hope; to the optimists, however, will occur the thought that the Union will become still more popular hereafter, if only with curious guests. And pessimist or optimist, each one of us remains in fear and trembling lest tomorrow's "Tribune" report that some evil has overtaken...
...pessimist with regard to Harvard's chances today. I recognize that Harvard has a better record for the season; that Harvard has shown a more consistent and better developed offense than Yale; that Yale displayed noticeable weaknesses against Princeton both in generalship, team play and individual performance. On the other hand I cannot overlook the fact that, in the Princeton game, Yale got a great deal of bad football out of her system and learned lessons which will not permit of the repetition of these errors in her final game of the season; that the individuals including substitutes who will...