Word: difficultly
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Charles Summer Bird Jr. acts this extremely difficult part with unusual skill. M. Perrin, who coached "Primrose" so successfully last year, says that Mrs. Bird has a perfect mastery of the French language and is an excellent actress...
...pick flaws in the plans of both the army and marine corps. The army's method seems to be of doubtful benefit to some few men; the value of the other plan depends entirely on whether the individuals will want to take advantage of the correspondence system, which is difficult to administer at best. But the whole non-military public will appreciate the effort originating within official circles to spread the "citizen army" idea. The A. E. F. showed for all time that the common layman can make a good soldier when trained; it remains to reverse the situation...
...friendly rivalry would make a most welcome addition to the Crimson season. In point of severity, the Army contest would rank with the final games of the autumn, and would doubtless be scheduled for two weeks before the Princeton battle, thus making one more addition to the list of difficult early season games which the University has added to its card in the past two years. The interest aroused by a West 'Point contest and a possible return meeting with Centre College would rate second only to the traditional interest in the Princeton and Yale games...
...into prominence once more. He has not only denounced the "open door" policy as a menace, but has even gone so far as to pledge the Harding administration to action in accordance with his point of view. The Senator has spoken too hastily. Granted that the situation is a difficult one, and that California has so far been practically unsuccessful in her handling of it: still there is as yet no adequate reason for raising such a hue and cry. Until the time for action arrives, it is worse than useless to parade our grievances in public. The result...
Canadian and Canadian newspapers will naturally find it difficult not to resent keenly the action of this gutter element among our nearest neighbors at the expense of an emblem which means a good deal to us. But we should realize that the insult is less to the British flag than to the United States itself...