Word: sound
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...system was ever extended to curtail the freedom enjoyed in the German universities." In their circular letter the Union Against Militarism adds this even more oratorical climax: "It is to be hoped that in their effort to out-Prussia Prussia, American preparedness agitators will be balked by sane and sound American public opinion...
...diversions) and good, acting but knows them when he sees them. Evidently he has been well trained, has gone much to the play, read widely, and studied the work of real actors seriously essaying the same parts,--in short, he is laying broad and sound foundations for a career as a critic. We take off our hat: if some day Mr. Smith, in a metropolitan chair, is not saying things to which both playwrights and actors listen, we lose our money...
...cases of flat feet which made the men useless for hard military work. At the advice of one of my colonels who was an orthopedic specialist, these men were organized into a special training batalion. In eight weeks, 80 per cent of these supposedly unfit men were made physically sound and able to go on the hardest 20 mile hikes. This was the first of the 'development battalions' which later did so much to improve the physique of our boys...
...despises. According to the "Bookman," "sense" appears as a verb in every form from the "father sensed his son's abstraction" to the "peeling infant sensed the coming of the succulent milk-bottle." "Poignant" is on the blacklist because of its downright stupidity, "stipend" because of its oily politician sound. "Remuneration" is a foolishly long latinized word, and "dainty" and "refined" are classed as belonging to the "chewing gum" variety...
...mechanical engineering, etc., intended to fit young graduates to do well such work as will be expected of them according to the best standards of their chosen professions. Expert special knowledge is a great asset to any engineer, but to be of value it must be based on sufficient sound training in the fundamentals. Therefore specialized studies are planned for graduates; and the opportunities for such work will be unusual and varied. Emphasis on fundamentals should not be mistaken to mean that the undergraduate work will be general courses in science; on the contrary, it will contain more engineering...