Word: road
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...preclude the possibility of such a defeat. Yet the power of the German army, which we had believed on the wane, is exhibited once more. We need not deceive ourselves in believing that anything but a long struggle is before us. Barring the unexpected, we have a long road to victory. It is for us Americans, who, even after a year, are still upon the threshold of an appreciable participation, it is for us to redouble our efforts toward effectively aiding those heroic peoples who have so long borne the brunt of the battle, and who, even now, are sorely...
...fact an appeal for a Short-Cut to Knowledge. As wiser heads know, there is no such detour. The path of the regular curriculum is the one highway leading to the real Castle of Comprehension, if it leads anywhere at all. The students say they want the road. Cannot they be made to see what that way is by the guidance of the discussion groups? --Boston Transcript...
France could be much speeded on the road to normal conditions if the strain of rebuilding were shifted to less tired shoulders. It will be hard enough for her to return to every-day social and economic life without the added burden of having a large part of her territory to rebuild. Our cities, which will never feel the strain of war to such a degree, can rebuild the devastated towns with half the effort it would cost the French. The results would be immediate and lasting...
...hold that these resolutions will straightway make college athletics spotless. Far from it. But they will give us a good start on a good road. The fact that the National Association is tending toward the views of this whom we regarded as mere theorists a few years ago would lead us to believe no small changes is coming. The above three changes would not be opposed by the members of teams themselves. Their effect will take away none of the enjoyment or the value of sport. They will simply remove collegiate athletics a little farther from the realms of professionalism...
...first impression of the real thing, because never before have I seen such devastation. Absolutely not a tree was left standing, and hardly was there a square yard of ground which had not been churned up by a shell. Yet amid all this we were driving on a road equal to any of our state roads, and which is typical of all the roads which are built across the fields up to the front lines. In addition to the devastation we were welcomed by a huge shell breaking not more than a mile away, but which seemed to me only...