Word: friend
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Criticism of the Administration often calls forth accusations of disloyalty and failure to support the Government. Whoever ventures to oppose the President runs the risk of being termed a friend to Germany. Many opinions, to be sure, are expressed because of political opposition or personal prejudice, yet some arise from patriotic motives. To distinguish the useless and even disloyal criticism from the genuine is often difficult. There is, however, a fundamental difference in that the latter is directed entirely to the benefit of the nation, and is usually the sentiment of many people. In advising a policy which Mr. Wilson...
...Friend '08, killed in the sinking of the Lusitania...
...students of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, who compose a committee which is endeavoring to bring about the breaking off of relations with the German Empire, greet you as an eminent citizen of the United States and the noble and loyal friend of Argentina, whose connection with your Fatherland you are intensifying for the most pure and disinterested reasons...
...German control, and the armies are undoubtedly directed by German officers. Nevertheless, both Bulgaria and Turkey have respected American lives and interests; many of the leading Bulgarian statesmen and officers were educated at Roberts College, Constantinople, by American teachers, speak English, and feel that the United States is their friend. The Turks have shown a remarkable courtesy to American missionaries and institutions. Through all the vicissitudes of the war they have permitted Roberts College and the American College for Girls to keep up their work of civilization...
...look forward to the day when this war shall have been fought to a victorious end, and when you and I and my other friends can have a reunion here in France. Please give them all my kindest regards. Your sincere friend, JAMES A. SHANNON, Major...