Word: safe
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first run for the University came in the second half of the first inning, when the score stood 1-0 in favor of Bowdoin. After a hit by Emmons, Gross walked. Jones was safe on a fielder's choice which advanced Emmons, but forced Gross out at second. McLeod also was passed, filling the bases. Flynn then gave Perkins his base on balls, forcing Emmons home, and tying the score...
...short a period has passed since the inauguration of this plan to determine whether it has helped improve the friendship between England and America. It is safe to say, however, that when fifty years have produced large numbers of Rhodes scholars in every state of the Union, there will be no doubt that the mutual understanding of national ideas produces national friendship which no complications can sever. So the scholarships offer an unparalleled opportunity today for public spirited...
Years from now, it is safe to state, those who are present at today's ceremonies will recall the Mechanics Hall speech as a landmark in the history of American policy. It will in all probability be the first of a series of great efforts to convince the people of the United States of the wisdom of his doctrine. Whether or not we agree with the details of the plan we must confess that the motive behind it is of the noblest--the abolition of useless war. Let us hear him first and then judge the advisability of entering...
...nation's largess, it is quite within the power of a dominating secretary or a bureaucratic department to direct the education of young America in lines far from truth. It is said that the proposed bill is likely to pass Congress. In order that we may make sure and safe on honest and democratic education, we must see to it that national aid and guidance be combined with absolute local independence. This is a problem that concerns nothing less than the future of freedom in the United States. It comes home to every thinking American...
This reveals a condition of things which we had hoped would never arise in an American university, namely, the carrying over of military distinction into academic life. The great rallying cry of the Allies has been, "Make the world safe for Democracy." Surely no more direct refutation of this basic principle of equality could be possible than in singling out certain war heroes to receive honor from their Alma Mater, and leaving others unhonored and unsung. It is not difficult to appreciate the feelings of the enlisted man who, after sacrificing his studies to serve his country, returns to find...