Word: inflicting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Whatever the purposes of the present movement, whether it be the overaweing of European neutrals, or the strengthening of the German morale, or what not, we may rest our faith in the impregnability of our arms. If this is the heralded offensive, we welcome it as an opportunity to inflict great losses upon the enemy and to bring about a new alignment in the West which may well permit successes for us in the near future. If it is but a feint, we will continue to be watchful for the time when the German lines may feel the irresistible force...
...trenches, out in the wastes of No Man's Land, on ships of the line, on hospital boats, the doctors of all nations are present with the bearers of arms, meeting, if need be, death with equal fortitude. The mortality among those who do not strive to inflict wounds, but to heal them, has been notably great. There is chance here for our young men of spirit to accomplish at once a brave and a noble work. The medical staff has no room for cowards, moral or physical. However, medical students are not cowards, either moral or physical, or they...
...University of Virginia, fresh from a 21-to-0 victory over Richmond College, was, barely beaten by Georgia in a hot, closely-contested game. This defeat, the first Georgia has been able to inflict in four years, was somewhat lessened by the appearance of Thurman, Virginia's veteran punter, who reported for practice at the beginning of the week, and who got into the game for a few minutes in the second half. His addition to the squad should be a decided strengthening of its defense, for he got off his usual long punts Saturday...
...show and cherish ones sympathies is the right of every individual, but to inflict these sympathies upon those who do not cherish them is unnecessary and unjust. P. G. DE ROSAY...
...education. If a man could translate a little Latin into his mother tongue, he could not be tried by a civil court for any crime. He could claim "benefit of clergy" and be tried in an ecclesiastical court--and the ecclesiastical court was very likely to pardon, or to inflict comparatively mild punishment...