Word: strife
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...came to pass that there was great strife abroad in all the land of the free. For lo! from out the far-off land of the royal oak hast come the voice of the priest, crying, "Wherefore hast thou deceived thy people? Wherefore hast thou removed the names from the petition, O thou servant of the money changers?" And him that he revileth; him who representeth in honor in the city of the father of all the land hath been most wroth. His countenance hath fallen, and his anger hath kindled within him, and his dignity hath left him. Wherefore...
While he cannot change the situation which confronts the graduate, he can prepare the undergraduate for an earlier entry into the strife by utilizing the potentialities latent in the College. In other words, he can inaugurate next September a three-year course for qualified men who desire...
Thus today the world is threatened by strife and uncertainty. The desire for knowledge concerning its problems discloses itself in the increased popularity of the social sciences. By explaining the little that is known about governmental, historical, and economic problems to ready listeners, the Faculty may imbue its students with a saner, more intelligent understanding of the problems that demand solution. Certainly no hurdle of requirements should be thrown in the path of such necessary knowledge...
...savage Boer War and much strife thereafter have made Premier General James Barry Munnik Hertzog sad-faced and careworn. To a caucus of his United Party at Oudtshoorn last week the droop-whiskered veteran said with grim conviction...
...Francisco the ponderous Police Anti-Radical Squad headed by Captain George Healy was put on its mettle last week by Sam Darcy's announcement to the world that he expects bloody strife on California's coast next month. Since the Anti-Radical Squad had little or nothing on Comrade Darcy, it was overjoyed to discover that although that Red claimed to have been born in New York City when he ran as the Communist candidate for Governor of California in 1934 (and got 45,000 votes), he swore he was born in Russia this year when he applied...