Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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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...
...maintenance of a peace league if it is established. A large and wealthy but weak nation in a league of that sort would endanger the existence of the system by its very appearance of impotence. The military strength of the United States, derived from universal service, would not weaken the movement toward world peace: nay, it would rather strengthen it by mending the weakness of an important link in the chain; and, in addition, the prestige which the United States would enjoy as a result of its power might be sorely needed to prevent the proposed world league from following...
...Wharton School plan seemed to be open to criticism from several points of view. As a purely undergraduate school it necessarily becomes a rival to the college and to the extent that it succeeds, it is likely to weaken the college. In the second place, it begins professional or technical work at too early a period, whereas the whole tendency of recent development in the United States is to relegate the professional or technical education to a somewhat later stage. The change that has been going on during the last few years in the Engineering Schools and other Schools...
...lost in the field events; namely, G. G. Haydock '16, J. O. Johnstone '16, E. R. Roberts '16, A. T. Lyman '16, and W. Rollins '16. Two of the best hurdlers in college, J. Coolidge '16, in the high, and F. S. Allen '16, in the low, will materially weaken these...
This decision on Baker's part will greatly weaken the B. A. A. since, if the Harvard Club has a team, many men who would ordinarily represent the B. A. A., will play on this team. Without Baker in its line-up and with all the former University stars on the Harvard Club team, the B. A. A. would stand little chance. If Baker were here the division of material would be simple...