Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...night, is worth every support. Obviously it is one of those schemes that contain the germ of an important success if only it can be incubated at sufficient heat, vitalized by the magnetism of the right personalities, and fostered by a careful regard for the exact means that will strengthen its life. Quite as obviously it is means of such novel kind that are now in much need in our colleges...
Since the beginning of the war, Dr. Lang has been particularly active in all manner of war endeavors, and his mission in this country is primarily to strengthen the ties which already bind the people of this country and England...
...preach in most of the large Eastern cities and will visit a few of the older universities. His principal mission in the United States is to emphasize the importance which the help of America has been to the Allied cause and to appeal to Americans to strengthen and maintain that contribution...
...Gross '19 in the game this evening. Supplanting him at right centre will be H. F. Gibbs '20, who has been substituting at the position during the absence of the captain and acting coach. An eleventh-hour decision may shift A. H. Bright '19 from right wing to strengthen the left of the forward line, in which case either E. Van R. Stires '20 or J. S. Higgins '20 will occupy the place left vacant by the change...
...corn and meat and sugar, the senators are in simple fact weakening our allies and helping the Germans. What will the people do and think about that? We believe that they will rally heartily to Mr. Hoover's support, and that the attack upon him will serve to strengthen his hands. --Boston Transcript...