Word: driven
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...much talked of German influence has disappeared completely--on my last trip through Turkey I did not see a single German nor was there a single German store or bank open for business. From the Turkish Army, what there is left of it, all Prussian Officers have been driven away or save retired to Germany to save themselves from disgrace...
...Russia has resulted in stamping out Bolshevism in the United States? It would be folly to believe that you entertain such an idea. The present policy of the United States toward Russia is a fruitful source of class discord. Laborers all over the country are protesting; they are being driven by your tactics to follow the lead of the railroad workers of France, England and Italy, who threatened to strike if intervention did not cease...
Indigo is now also made artificially, and this manufacturing process has driven the indigo plant from the market, because indigo can now be made at less cost than it can be grown. Professor Osterhaut indicated that the expected interesting developments in synthetic manufacture in the future...
Those altruistic influences which impress themselves forever on the thoughts and actions of Harvard men, reaching far beyond personal interests, must again show their force. The seriousness of the whole problem will then be thoroughly driven home to every circle of education. The world, taking the action of Harvard as a standard, will understand the colossal importance of properly remunerating those who would guide, enlighten, and inspire its young minds...
...have another championship season. Its three early victories and the rise of a new star pitcher bade fair to fulfill this prophecy. But, in spite of its favorable start, the Eli craft has had a rocky voyage. A long losing streak, in which the pitching hope was twice driven from the box, has spread a cloud of gloom over Yale's great expectations...