Word: elemental
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harrison campaign committee. Speaking of the candidates of the Republican party, he said there were really only two, Taft and Hughes. Although Hughes is a strong and energetic worker, he is a single-handed player, a fault which cannot insure a strong administration. He lacks the important element of team play, which is Taft's strongest point. Secretary Taft is best fitted for the presidency because of his large experience gained from his beneficial rule of the Philippines, his building of the Panama Canal, and his knowledge of Cuban affairs...
Although municipal government in America has not been so drastic a failure as some would have us believe, our cities have been badly managed, and the out grafter has held the ascendency with ineffectual reformers combating against him. In politics there has been an element of respectable men, who have been but machine tools. Reformers have failed principally because they have held the power without knowing how to give the community what it needed...
Fellowship with the Divine is just as normal as with the human: what is more, it is necessary in order for a leader to be really human, and in it there is also an element by which we can rise above the commonplace...
Aside from the field which it opens, this club should be able to accomplish much in the way of bringing foreigners into closer touch with the leading men in their classes. At present, the foreign element, with a few exceptions, occupy an isolated position, not on account of their nationality, but because there is little to make them acquainted with their classmates...
...this the ten-yard rule achieved. With its introduction there went out all the close hammering mass plays which were good for two or three yards on a down but no more. The American collegian, whether player or spectator, does not care for a game in which the element of chance is paramount. He likes to see or play a game where hard work counts, and a game where definite planning secures a well-appreciated result. For this reason he does not care for the unlimited forward pass, which can now be tried without severe penalty on first and second...