Word: winning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...allied peoples can look forward to the result with confidence. The Germans must advance farther to win, whereas the Allies have but to hold their ground to defeat them. And beyond the certainty of merely parrying the enemy blow is the chance of inflicting a decisive loss on the outstretched and unsupported enemy lines by a counter-attack...
...American army officer can outwit a German military command, gain triumph for his country and win the best girl on earth--in a play. If our dramatists were only directing intelligence operations behind the Teuton lines this week we might expect to have those 70 Prussian army divisions outflanked and slaughtered by Easter and the war ended by the Ides of April...
This war more than any preceding conflict is a war between the morales of the opposing forces. The side is going to win which has the greatest unity of purpose. But in order to realize the necessary unity of spirit in the war we have got to get rid of some of the obstacles which hinder the full apportionment of our common fighting strength and herd instinct. These obstacles are essentially three...
...closing Mr. Clark said: "One can not speak on any subject today without mentioning the war. I have three reasons for thinking we shall win: First, because the Allies deploy entirely while the German clings somewhat to mass formation; Second, because co-operation always wins against tooth-and-claw methods; and Third, because this is God's world, and He will not let it go to smash...
President Lowell and Dean Yeomans will address the meeting from an academic to point of view. Their object will be to point out the relation between success in college today and ability to win out in the crises of tomorrow. Mr. Clark, on the other hand, will approach the subject from an industrial standpoint, and will state the business and manufacturing sides of the question. In his work with the Plymouth Cordage Company and several important mining properties in Mexico, he has had wide experience with very successful labor propositions, and is, therefore, highly qualified to represent the industrial world...