Word: strength
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...think that Congress is against it, though far from unanimously, yet with sufficient strength to defeat any measure proposing Universal Military Training for men in America. Yet, from the experiences I have had, and the articles I have read on the subject, I am sure the people as a whole in the United States desire to see some form of Universal training...
Courage, alertness of mind, strength of body, staying power, loyal devotion-nobody doubts these qualities in some athlete who makes the great adventure, wins prestige for his college, and gains the admiring interest of untold millions of newspaper readers, and hears the wild applause of the thousands who see the great game. But I've often asked myself whether it ever occurs to the athlete to think that it is precisely these qualities-in a word, downright sand- that go to the making of the great scholar...
...horizontal flying speed to create pressure under its wings and would be able to land and to start from the roofs of buildings in the heart of a city. This implies the necessity of a motor strong enough to swing a propellor which would lift the machine by sheer strength without the help of the wings. It is in fact the application of the principle laid down by Orville Wright that a kitchen table could fly with sufficient engine power...
...their ability will be in a large measure judged and compared from the results of these championships. The members of the American Olympic Committee will accordingly be able to form a good opinion of who the best men in competition are and will be able to judge the strength of the team which will represent this country in the Olympic games next August...
...this connection it is interesting to not that while the American strength in Siberia is in the neighborhood of 7000 men, the Japanese had, according to the last figures which I have seen, some five divisions...