Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Standing in Arlington National Cemetery over the grave of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day, 1921, Warren G. Harding declared: "There must, there shall be a commanding voice of conscious civilization against armed warfare. . . . Knowing that the world is noting this expression of the Republic's mindfulness, it is fitting to say that [the Unknown Soldier's] sacrifice and that of the millions dead shall not be in vain...
...under the rule of Spain almost without loss of life. In some respects the priest's diplomatic problem was almost as great as the one Cortes settled with fire and sword. He was compelled to deal with a native king whose subjects wanted war and with Spanish soldiers who were no more pacific, succeeded by relying on tact, patience and the knowledge of native ways acquired in two centuries of conquest. More impressive for its sweeping interpretations than for brilliant descriptions or picturesque details, The Spanish Main nevertheless contains several compact narratives that readers are likely to find unfamiliar...
...line, or forgetting he is a cog in a machine needs more than six weeks in which to become an A-1 player. Until he has learned new habits, he is of little assistance in rendering effective even the best system in the world. This is the problem on Soldier's Field today...
...Prime Minister David Lloyd George thought highly enough of Arthur Henderson, onetime iron-molder, onetime Salvation Army soldier, to send him to Russia with amazing credentials which superseded for the duration of his stay the authority of King George's Ambassador. On the afternoon of "Uncle Arthur's" death last week, Mr. Lloyd George chanced to be making an election speech which might well serve as Mr. Henderson's ironic epitaph...
...division of the Panama Canal and of the Gatun Locks, manager of many another important Army engineering job, organizer and director (1918-20) of the Chemical Warfare Service; at his country home near Bowling Green, Ky. Although he quarreled with Goethals and went home before the Canal was finished, Soldier Sibert, unlike Soldier Greely (see below) got his Congressional thanks right away...