Word: alerte
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...invaluable corrective of dull uniformity in the often whimsical, but always personal utterances of German poets. The foremost of these poets are interpreted in special courses provided by the Department, or studied in connection with other writers of their time, both native and foreign; the valiant Lessing, ever alert in the defense of truth and reason; Goethe, perhaps the most comprehensive genius of modern times, a liberator from everything commonplace; Schiller, apostle of freedom, morality; and beauty--not to mention their numerous successors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. If the works of many German authors are heavily weighted with...
...prone to welcome such printed criticism. Alumni cannot always be right. But the sincerity manifested in these letters is a healthy sign. Even college presidents are not infallible, and they cannot go far wrong, or go wrong for long, when a staunch and active body of alumni is alert to the situation...
Tired of fighting the Spaniards, Abd-el-Krim, able, active, alert leader of the Riff Berber tribes, began an onslaught on the French on the south side of that strip of territory over which the Spaniards claim sovereignty and Abd-el-Krim exercises...
...final reason for this singular distribution of intellectual opportunities lies in the professors themselves. It is their natural desire to teach the advanced, the enthusiastic, and the mentally alert. Unfortunately the average student does not usually acquire so serious an interest until after his Sophomore year...
...fuel. Lieutenant Booth, , the officer in charge, had never commanded an airship before. Within two minutes after the accident, he had two engines running, the wireless in operation, and the airship in complete control. With the British gunboat Godetia to guide her, with every vessel in the North Sea alert, the airship fought a tremendous fight for 30 hours. In touch by wireless throughout this period, she sent in reports every few minutes, followed meteorological instructions carefully and even found time to thank the landing party at Rotterdam, when it was apparent that she would not have to land...