Word: thin
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...system of mines, submarines and fortifications, which Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt declares make "a navy almost unnecessary if all we want is to defend our coast"? The oceans have always constituted, and always will constitute, our first line of defence; the tremendous significance of thin asset becomes quite apparent when it is remembered that the finest navy in the world could make no landing at Gallipoli and has not been able to bombard a single German town...
...glance at the new volume, crammed with facts arranged so as to be easily accessible, reveals a more pleasing typographical appearance. A dull finish, durable paper has succeeded the thin gloss, and the monotype composition has made for greater accuracy and a more symmetrical arrangement...
Three pieces of fiction are offered: "The Practicality of Joshua Wilkes," by Bruce Carpenter, a really constructive story with a clear outlining of the characters; "The Second Hungarian Rhapsody," by Douglas C. Wendell, well written but thin in plot; and "A Fable of Death," in which L. K. Garrison '19 attempts a form full of pit-falls, into most of which he stumbles. The Advocate used to do better in fiction. W. A. Norris '18 and Robert Cutler '16 contribute the verse. Mr. Norris's two sonnets have some fine sonorous phrases, in the making of which he is sometimes...
...play is very thin, relying for its success on clever lines, some rather hasty characterization, a supply of aged "laugh-getters" in business, and the adept handling of a well-schooled cast. Miss Tempest's delightful sense of humor, and unfailing ability to squeeze every drop of comedy out of a situation or line livens much that would be otherwise drearily dull. Mr. Browne is a sincere, politely humorous hero, and unheard of as it is for a stage hero--seems entirely a gentleman. The life below-stairs is well drawn and most capably acted. Miss de Becker...
...substance the current Advocate does not deserve so much praise; in fact, its substance is rather thin. The most interesting and significant article is one by Mr. L. P. Mansfield, "Beauty and the Beast"--refreshing, if not at times inspiring, in its plea for individuality in these days when there is so much talk about crushing out individuality, for the sake of democratic solidarity. In his admiration of Tolstoy and "the individuality of Russian art," Mr. Mansfield, to be sure, may not seem himself especially individual. Russian art is very much the fashion nowadays. But Mr. Mansfield is entirely right...