Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...distinctly dominant force. The chief objection to the German method as pointed out in this Yale publication is its "soul-less" quality, Efficiency has been the watch-word; masses of information have been the result. This system has not only been applied to science, where it is natural, though mistaken, but it has gone into the field of literature and art. It is time to get away from this influence. It has been with us too long. Although cut loose from a program of efficiency, we may not bring forth such ponderous collections of data, yet we shall send...
...scores of costly collisions between vessels have occurred. But never has an explosion on board ship had the disastrous effect of this one. It is supposed that the Mont Blanc carried a huge amount of the new explosive, trinitrotuluol, T.N.T., a glistening pale-yellow powder, as potent as nitroglycerine, though safer to handle. Moreover, the situation of the ship in the half-mile-wide Narrows, between two rising shores, seems to have caused the blast to rake the city with peculiar effectiveness...
...permitted by Premier Lloyd George to make drawing of various factories and ship yards which are engaged din war work in England. These sketches have already been published in the form of lithographs. Later Mr. Pennell was invited by the French Government to do the same in France, but though he went twice to that country, he failed to get important results there...
That the Holy City will become the permanent property of Christiandom is more than a likelihood. The British campaigns against the Moslems have so far been successful, even though sometimes delayed. The power of the Turk has been weakening in the last half century, and does not seem to be recovering. So long as English progress continues, while the Mohammedans weaken, the lasting possession of Jerusalem seems assured. Unlike many places captured in war, this has suffered no bombardment, much to the satisfaction of all who wish the preservation of the relies of the past. A field of historical research...
...President's message delivered at the opening of Congress shows no change of policy. We are still fighting for the overthrow of Prussianism, for reparation to the Allies, for world justice. The President has reassured the nation that we are going to see the war through, even though, it may mean the using of much of our resources, both in man and material...