Word: successful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...traitor. It is characteristic of France that no attempt is made to conceal the offence, but instead an honest effort is on foot, in the interest of fair play, to discover the truth of the matter, and to extirpate all interests that are not working directly for the complete success of French arms...
...purpose, and when they were finally appointed for further and sterner competition, they entered with no trivial aims. The entire University may now read the list of newly commissioned officers with great satisfaction. Many more than three score Harvard men were given positions of authority by the Government. Their success only increases our admiration for them. But it likewise makes us see more clearly what a thoroughly able organization last summer's R. O. T. C. was. We may justly be proud of its first Government test, and the Government's test is an acid...
...handicaps have been overcome. In spite of the small squad, which was enlarged during the season by an effective recruiting campaign, the team has progressed. Interest in football diverted us from watching the steady, though slow, development. Recovering from early, discouraging defeats the 1921 runners have persevered, with resulting success. The victory over Yale was a convincing proof that the Freshmen had made big strides. They are out to make today's contest the climax of the season...
...most representative of these, the Lokal Anzeiger, actually attempts to portray it as a moral victory for the Germans. "The British attempt to break through," it writes, "collapsed entirely in the face of the extraordinary bravery of our troops. It went no farther than the initial success. . . . . The enemy will not succeed by this abortive attack in diverting our attention from Flanders, where he is certain to renew his efforts." In other words, the public is made to believe that it was only a successful local attack which entirely failed in its broader strategic aim of forcing the Germans...
...spite of the unfortunate Goethals-Denman controversy, the shipbuilding program did not cease. By means of a unified and efficient Shipping Board, the results we attain will be surprising to our allies and disconcerting to our enemies. The carrying out of this program is the necessary forerunner of any success at arms...