Word: strafing
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Dates: during 1916-1916
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...further says: "The expressions of admiration for Hughes are pronouncedly militaristic and pro-Ally, whereas it is the pro-Germans throughout the country who are prepared to 'strafe' Wilson for his independent Americanism." The phrasing of this sentence has unfortuately befogged its meaning, but I assert that the majority of Republicans, whether in the University or not, are far from militaristic. Moreover, if, as he says, the Hughes supporters are pro-Ally, I fall to see how this constitutes an indictment against them, inasmuch as it is the pro-Germans who "are prepared to 'strafe' Wilson...
...figures obtained in similar tests elsewhere resulting in victory for Wilson or in practical draws or in very slight favor of Hughes; (2) the expressions of admiration for Hughes here are pronouncedly militaristic and pro-Ally, whereas it is the pro-German throughout the country who are preparing to "strafe" Wilson for his independent Americanism; and (3) the phrases most frequently uttered by Harvard Hughes boomers have to do with every subject on earth except the sole (visible and the apparently eternal issue) of a Republican high tariff, sufficiently recognized by the rest of the country. If those three facts...