Word: commandeering
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...They have stooped to headlines, to be sure, but that has been merely a hook thrown out to coach the business man. The special editions which have become customary, and the ever-increasing Sunday supplements are more like an obstinate challenge to him. Every newsstand was once a command to stop and think: but now the presses move faster than ever. The business man has nearly been forced to admit defeat...
During the war one of the principal aims of the German High Command was to secure a foothold on the north French sea coast for the identical purpose that Herr Sprengler attributed to the French policy...
Died. General Michel Joseph Maunoury, 76, former military Governor of Paris, at Orléans, France. Under Joffre, in command of the left wing of the French Army, he played an important part in repulsing the German drive on Paris...
...broken, Gatun Lake is drained, the Panama Canal is dry land once more, our fleet is divided and our Pacific Coast is at the mercy of the " Black" Navy. These are the hypothetical results of the battle maneuvers of our fleet in the Pacific. The United Stales fleet under command of Admiral Jones put the Canal defenses to the most severe test possible and discovered weakness. The story of the attack was this: The fleet divided into a "Blue" fleet defending the canal and a "Black" or "enemy" fleet attacking. It was assumed that strained relations existed between the "Black...
...longer master, was strongly non-conformist; all the decadent wits of the time rail at "pure Emmanuel". It held itself aloof from the rest of the University, and kept its own council and habits. When the other colleges accepted the inevitable and worshipped according to the king's command. Emmanuel alone refused to conform and probably because of the respect for Chaderton, was not severely penalized...