Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first move would be to save the military stores at Vladivostok, for at this port vast amounts of munitions and other war necessities which were intended for Russia have been accumulating. In all probability the Japs will do no more than push a comparatively short distance into Siberia, possibly to a point just north of Manchuria, and there set up a line of defences as a barrier against any eastward movement on the part of Germany. With the absolute lack of any stability in Russia and the consequent difficulty of moving troops, it would be physically impossible for forces...
...previous years the offensive might have ended where it now stands. But the German populace demands more than an advance--it demands the destruction of the allied resistance and the capture of Paris. Hinderburg must push the assault, backed with decreasing artillery support and supplied over more and more tenuous lines of transport service. In this he is likely to over-reach himself, and when he does we can count on the strategist Foch, who commands the reserves, to counter-attack relentlessly. The rout into which a demoralized victory can be transformed is well illustrated by the slaughter of Russians...
...recent action of Radcliffe College gives this selfish masculine theory a further push toward refutation. The young women of that institution have organized a farm unit which will spend this summer raising food, not as dilettantes of backyard gardens, but as farmers of the real school. With food ranking equal to bullets as far as war necessities are concerned, the Radcliffe plan is true patriotism. We do not need Battalions of Death or Squadrons of Amazons, but the more Maud Mullers we have during this war summer, the greater our strength against Kaiserdom...
...clamor for early peace. Rather will it make us think, feel the edge of our sword, and go on to finish a task clearly proved necessary. No careless, light hearted American army will now enter battle. It will be a large body of serious, determined men, who will push on to the end. They will not flinch, nor will their spirit weaken because they actually know how hard is the work ahead of them. That American spirit is now meeting its supreme test, but it will take more than rod-driven Teutonism to overcome...
This action on the part of Canada is strong proof that we were wise to push through our conscription measure last spring. Volunteer methods might have served us for a time, but they are not dependable or of permanent value. We gave our Government a great source of power when we allowed it to select all men necessary for service. But it will take power to win this war, and it is well that we did not play with a scheme which was sure to become ineffectual...