Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...War sympathy and war co-operation are so intense between America and her European allies, and the physical relationship has become so close, that the discovery by the London press of a new political union should not be startling. A curious sensation comes, however, of reading in the London Daily Mail that: "Never again will it be possible for Americans to think they have one set of interests and Europe another." The shedding of American blood on European soil welds the hemispheres, according to this view...
...will be held in the Music Building tonight at 8 o'clock. Six men will each be given 12 minutes to speak on either side of the question: "Resolved, that the French Government should take by taxation all excess profits made by French manufacturers and tradesmen because of the war." The contest is held under the joint auspices of the French Department and the University Debating Council...
...possible that in its later stages, as new genius is evolved, the war may lose its earlier anonymity. For of course, the personal equation must remain the determining factor. Yet if our Civil War offers a precedent, there will need to be a considerable winnowing ere the final heroes are upheaved. Boston Advertiser
...interesting to notice the German comments on the British drive, not only in the official reports, but also in the press. The War Office, in its communique, admitted briefly that their permanent positions had been broken into on a short front. But the interpretation accorded this admission in the newspapers is bound to have a greater effect on public opinion, and one of the 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...
...country team of seven men will compete in New York this afternoon in the I. C. A. A. A. A. Freshman Championships. This race, which will be under the auspices of Columbia University, is an innovation which was introduced into intercollegiate athletics this fall as a result of the war-time tendency toward increased importance of freshman sports. The race, which will start at 2.15 o'clock, will be run over the Van Courtlandt Park three-mile course. The first five members of each team to finish will count in the score...