Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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When the battle is hottest and the wounded begin to filter back through the lines, some of them--hit by a shell or shot through an arm or shoulder--are able to stumble back alone toward the dressing stations between the lines...
Here the Y. M. C. A. man comes to his aid; a sip of coffee, a careful arm under his shoulder to help him, a renewal of his first aid bandage. In this way the Red Triangle has saved the lives of thousands...
...spirit and resolution. As may be expected, this was a difficult task, for with German hordes pouring in upon them, with a horrible and thorough war being fought on their territory, the French people could not be salved into determination by honeyed words alone. It required straight from the shoulder talk, with logic always in evidence. This French papers have supplied. They have been unsparing in their criticism, they have been at all times independent, but they have always been sure that there was but one course for France--Never Give Up Against Germany...
...change being that now one does not salute unless in uniform and covered,--merely stand at attention facing the music. If in civilian dress and covered, raise the head-dress and hold opposite the left shoulder. It is urged that all keep this in mind, an opportunity to put it into execution may be expected at the lecture and band concert on March...
...sing through his nose and glorify his country. Hodge talks through his nose, but he, too, glorifies the country--the rural regions of it. In this play he is, as usual, just a plain, easy-going country chap, who can faze a multi-millionaire with a shrug of the shoulder. That's probably why Boston likes William Hodge better than Broadway likes him. And that's why, in spite of a rather vapid vehicle, William Hodge will continue to talk through his nose at the Majestic for eight or ten weeks--unless influenza seizes him. N. R. O'HARA...