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...bandits themselves are deserted soldiers from the armies of the Tuchuns (Military Governors). It is even possible that they are given "bandit furlough" in order that they can recoup themselves for their unpaid services to the Tuchuns. In any event, they are not a body of desperate characters, but a small, disciplined army...
Third, they want to recoup their losses sustained in 1922 when they reduced the price of Cuban sugar for the purpose of "dealing a deathblow to the beet sugar producers of America...
...resolve of the Allies to put General Foch in virtual command of the Italian front, to attempt to recoup the disaster when opportunity offers, will do much to cause confidence in the eventual outcome of that struggle. No soldier in France has more carefully mastered the theory of war nor more brilliantly carried it to execution; wherever he has been he has achieved triumph, by studying not only the physical factors before him, but also the morale of his troops. On three occasions in particular has he achieved decisive success. The first was the Battle of la Fere Champenoise...
...return for this concession, the student body is under moral obligation to assist the Athletic Association in an attempt next Saturday to recoup itself for the loss entailed in doing away with subscriptions. The game between the Harvard and Princeton Freshmen is second in importance for the 1914 team only to that with Yale. It is clearly the duty of all Freshmen and as many others as can to support the team and the Athletic Association by attending...