Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unfortunate attitude towards aviation in the University, an attitude which appears more and more ridiculous in the light of Captain Beith's remarks. The tendency has been to smile at the men who left for Miami and Newport News as sportsmen off for a good time, attracted by the danger and the thrills of airplaning, and not by any practical value it might have in war-fare. Now it appears that the success of the army will depend upon these so called "adventurers...
...little interest. But that is the pity of the whole thing. Why could not more musical features have been introduced? If the authors objected to turning their farce into a musical comedy their objections stand in the way of their gaining more laurels. Although mixing categories is an awful danger among dramatists, a hybrid triumph is better than mere mediocrity...
...impartial investigators that the Teutonic population is between 250,000 and 300,000, on the face of it an ominous figure. But the fact that the colonies have no access to the outside world except by rail-roads controlled by French and English capital goes far towards nullifying the danger. Add to this the fact that the Germans are surrounded by Italian settlements (the total number of Italians in Brazil being about 1,000,000), and the German peril has vanished...
...need for the careful assurance of our connections with the Latin-American republics is the need for a careful observation of their long and sparsely populated coast lines. The difficulty of patrolling these shores with the modest naval equipment of many of these republics is quite obvious; and the danger which may be presented by the use of certain strategic points along the South Atlantic and Caribbean shores are of course of prime importance in any campaign against roving commerce raiders and submarines...
...first impulse of young men to seek action wherever there is possibility of service with danger or excitement to give it zest. The ultimate uselessness of such early service is patent. The lessons of England, the lessons of our past, our own wisdom in the true needs of national security, all show that such hasty enlistment means in the end only weakness...