Word: glorious
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last night, twelve and one-half per cent, of the total registration. The few who attended developed great enthusiasm. Aroused by the spirited words of Walter H. Trumbull '15, and carried from their seats by the inspiring song leadership of V. B. Kellett Occ., the men responded with a glorious outburst of football cheers and songs...
Already the Demon Alcohol has been completely annihilated in our country. Had he been allowed to live, our population would have continued decreasing rapidly, our wealth would have continued dwindling; in short, the country, from the strong and glorious land of 1492, would have become a field of bones and ruins. But alcohol has passed and is forgotten; the country is completely dry. Never is a drunken man seen; in no street car or subway hovers a whiskey breath; no idiotic gaiety can be found in our cafes; every one is serious; no one drinks nor even desires a drink...
...poetry of the last five years have wrought one inestimable service: it has told the pities truth, not only about the battlefield, but about the wrath and hate and greed that are coiled around the foundations of Europe. It says little of the pomp and circumstances of glorious war; it goes straight to the human facts underlying war; it shows that worldwide peace is conditioned upon the concrete and fundamental issues of justice, liberty, and fellowship...
...year that has passed has been full of glorious victories; results have been attained in shorter time than most of us then dreamed. And the Honor Roll of Harvard Men which then numbered only eighty, has now reached three hundred...
...Front last summer and the whole civilized world looked to him as the one power that could crush the German machine, a few men looked ahead and wondered if America would ever have the chance to welcome this heroic figure to its shores. We found ourselves thinking of the glorious reception he would receive from a grateful people. And now Representative Julius Kahn states that Foch is making plans to visit the United States within a few months. His coming will give this nation an opportunity to show the famous soldier and his country that we realize our debt...