Word: blowing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...taken to task by a writer who does not bother to draw on his gloves. He has waded right in and dealt his blow with a bare fist. One thing is certain--he has his opinions and these are to be regarded. But we hardly think our enthusiastic comment of yesterday morning on the British capture of Jerusalem calls for such a Philippic. Had we been presenting a detailed study of the taking of Jerusalem and its effect upon the world, we should have been guilty of a grave omission in making no mention of the Jewish people...
...sincere affection in which he is held by all who know him is only surpassed by their admiration for his soldierly qualities. His loss will be a severe blow to the R. O. T. C. and we hope that the time will be short before his permanent return to Yale. Yale News...
...peace were being heard. But roused by the confidence and determination of their chief, English sailors won undying fame for England. Today in similar circumstances a new leader sounds a new call for action, and in all the Allied countries arise the hopes for a decisive and final blow. Under leaders who have combined military genius and the art of inspiring, the English have never been stopped. The next few days will show whether Haig and Byng can show such a combination...
...heels of the Italian and Russian flascos comes the report from the Near East of the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude. The loss of the leader of the British forces in Mesopotamia is a blow which will be felt on two continents: in Europe, where his repeated successes against the Turks were the one bright ray of hope amid a policy of bungling; and in Asia, where his name and fame were the admiration, if not the idol, of the natives...
...York has never been able to keep a reform mayor in office for more than one term; its bursts of idealism are not of long life. But in this critical year, any victory of Tammany would be doubly disastrous, a menace to the public security and a knockout blow to good municipal government...