Word: owing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...college. That it has been an aid to others without doing them any harm a good many Harvard men will stoutly assert. They remember friendships that originated and received a glowing impulse over a bottle of wine; they know that for the removal of narrowness and prejudice they owe a debt to alcohol. Men have quarreled at Harvard in their cups, and men have been maudlin over one another in their cups; but between these manifestations of extreme emotion brought on by excessive indulgence have been many more numerous instances of men who have been led through the mellowing influence...
...spring to the support of their country in the Civil War and the Great War has animated their answer to the call of public duty today. It is in truth one and the same duty, and the honor of the service is at bottom as great. Boston and Massachusetts owe much to the patriotism and public spirit of Harvard today. Boston Transcript...
Thus all members of the University, both past and present, owe President Eliot a profound debt of gratitude for his clear understanding of their educational needs. And even though he may not be personally known to all of them, they wish him the greatest happiness on his eighty-fifth birthday...
...something started, to establish the many new boundaries according to the will of the peoples in question, to put the German people to work to pay off some of the debts they owe, those are the vital interests of the moment. Bankruptcy is facing England, France, and Italy. The delay of the peace terms means the prolonged mobilization of their military and naval forces, and that means just so much additional expense. Under such conditions, it is natural to blame the other fellow with the result that the spirit of friendly co-operation may be lost...
Today is the birthday of the man who won France to the aid of the American Colonies in their struggle for independence--Benjamin Franklin. The debt we owe France can never be paid. It is not alone a National debt. It is also a personal debt of Americans to Frenchmen. This is best shown by a letter of Franklin addressed to President Washington, June...