Word: proper
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stand the strain of battle. The disturbance of their education, though most unfortunate, is less threatening to the country than the disruption of economic and industrial conditions which would follow the taking of men in the ages beyond the present draft limit. Of course it will not become a proper measure until after the largest possible numbers have been drawn to the colors from among the men of the existing draft ages, but if, when this has been done, need is still extant, the American colleges must, in patriotism and with good heart, follow the path already made glorious...
...city of Boston, proper, had already passed its maximum of $1,000,000, on unofficial reports, at noon. When the figure of $1,539,785 was made out, 41 cities and towns of the district remained still to be heard from, although many of the local committees in the district had sent in approximately accurate reports by telephone. The largest collection reported by any committee outside of Boston was $89,331, from Brookline...
...path for them into politics. Then the events of the early '90s gave Russia a large and important mass of middle-classmen who were anxious for political power. A gospel of discontent and protest was preached unceasingly and the tendency of Russia was to stretch everything beyond the proper limits...
...Foster '18, and C. E. Works '19. The platoon leaders led their men into the underbrush under the brow of the hill, whence they debauched at a run on a given signal. In the first attempt, the intervals were unsatisfactory, and the movement was repeated. The next time, the proper 50-yard intervals were maintained and the platoons rushed as far as the road in a close line of squad columns. Here they were reformed, and the advance towards the redoubt began...
...have in the German Bundesrath; it neither elects its own ticket nor canvasses for votes. It is the same machinery as is behind any municipal or national elections; which knows nothing beyond the number of ballots to be printed, the places where the elections should be held, and the proper tabulating of the votes...