Word: thin
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...wastage of warfare is appalling. Were it not for the tremendously increased efficiency and knowledge of our medical men and surgeons such wastage would in a few months thin below the minimum of fighting power the strongest armies. Fortunately we are not bound by the ignorance which in the wars of a half-century ago caused the losses of innumerable lives through fever, contagious diseases, and gangrene. The knowledge given to the world by Pasteur and his followers has enabled the medical corps of all the warring armies to restore in the shortest time and with the least loss...
...light gun oil, such as "3 in 1," etc., will be used on all metal parts of the rifle--cadets will leave a thin film of such oil on their rifles at all times...
...made into an aviator--youth, physique, clear and quick thinking, and the character that makes good officers are essential. Aviation is not a vocation for men who think slowly and who "hesitate when in doubt." but rather for those who think quickly and lay stress on "when on thin ice skate fast." The country must look to its university undergraduates for the personnel on which to draw for its aerial defence...
However, the die has now been cast, and it is up to everybody worthy of the name of American to abide by its consequences. I sincerely believe that I am speaking for all German-Americans when I say that we will support the President through thick and thin and rise and fall with him. We may not enter into the conflict, if there is to be a conflict, as joyfully and eagerly as some others, but though our hearts are heavy and our souls are sick we see our duty clearly, and will not hestitate to perform...
...Divorcens" is billed as comedy, but as such it were kinder not to judge it. The play falls far more readily into farce--and at times it is drawn thin to weakness. Today it seems weirdly stagey and forced. Characters we have in Cyprienne and Henri--how much due to their acting it is hard, to say--and momentarily in one or two of the others. Placed against "Half an Hour" the "comedy" seems mere piffle...