Word: quickly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Foch is a worthy antagonist of the great conqueror of the Masurian Lakes. His quick, decisive thrusts like his famous flanking attack on the Marne, are a match for the ponderous strokes of Hindenburg. His reserve army rushed swiftly into place at the Yser, saved the Channel ports. Though Foch is noted chiefly for his boldness and speed and striking personal appeal, his policy is always sound: Joffre has called him the greatest strategist in Europe...
...renversement and be behind him and under his tail. A machine cannot see another if it be directly below him, while the one below can easily watch the one above. Once behind the other fellow, you try to follow him in all his turns. When you try to make quick turns and don't get them just right the machine assumes the most weird positions. You may see your opponent apparently stationary and exactly upside down. The earth may be over your head or off to one side; it is most uncomfortable sometimes...
Members of the University will have their first opportunity to observe the variation in time at the Sunday services tomorrow morning. The clock in the tower of Memorial Hall will strike two and three in quick succession tonight, cutting out 60 minutes, which will not be made up until next fall. Drills and classes on Monday morning will also come an hour earlier...
...censorship could show some real efficiency by refusing to have published these end-the-war-quick stories. True or false, they are harmful...
...means that the German pressure on all fronts will be greater than it has been since 1914. Our answer must be immediate; we must do more than balance the Kaiser's hordes. The less we think and sigh about poor Russia, the sooner will be brought about the quick action so essential to Allied victory...