Word: waved
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Senators can wave the American flag and shout their Fourth of July oratory till they are black in the face; actions speak louder than words. Over all the turmoil there is still audible the faint flapping noise of the Prussian eagle's wings. The German's can be excused. They are Germans. The Senators, however, will find that they will have some quick explaining to do at the next elections before the American people will excuse them...
...colleges, universities and places of learning in the United States to forever defeat the enemies of law and order by refusing to countenance or continue any acts of violence or unlawfulness. Any act which leaves the citizens of a great city helpless before a wave of crime is monstrous in its conception. Every loyal American must constantly combat the evil forces which seek to cause unrest in industry and to weaken our government...
...wave of police strikes over the country is a direct challenge by the labor agitators to the supremacy of the state. Other strikes, although greatly interfering with the convenience and prosperity of the public at large have in almost no case aimed directly against the government. But the police are agents of the governments of their respective cities and are therefore bound by oath to protect the life and property of the citizens of those communities. Their pay does not come from the profits of a group of private individuals but comes out of the taxes of the people they...
...purple garmented parade" the sensuousness of Keats. It is interesting to compare the melody of Tennyson's "Ave atque Vale, Fratrer," more poignant in its greater simplicity. If Mr. Snow's poem is decorative, its decorative is decoration deluxe. In "The Seventh Wave" by J. J. Ryan, the little picture of sea and sky is exquisitely painted: the music is subtle and haunting. Through his eyes for us the ocean lives...
Shades of William Jennings Bryan! The "cross of gold" speech hardly exceeds these words in eloquence. Yet we fear that in spite of all this flowery criticism the Union Against Militarism will gain few members here. Dean Goodnight may wave his arms in angry denunciation or bow before us with platitudinous pleadings, yet the plans for the furtherance of military training at Harvard will continue to receive their present well-deserved support...