Word: tells
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have gone too far. It is well enough to say that the earth goes hungry, and that all our resources are needed to feed it. It is well enough to awake the nation to the duty which it must perform. But it is going beyond necessity or reason to tell in dismal words of famine stalking abroad, and of the collapse of most of our civilization through the lack of food. Some Government officials whose word bears weight, and who should know better, from a too strong imagination have done so. There is no need for imagination, but rather...
...have not enough reasons there, tell us and we will give you some more. (Signed) "HENRY L. HIGGINSON...
...collecting information, they could probably in a short time find out the existing stocks of grain and flour and the probable future demands for various purposes at various prices. With these data, they could perhaps estimate the prices needed to bring supply and demand together. Such estimated prices might tell the truth better than the present prices in a demoralized market are doing. Such a report might clear the air. We should stop the use of grain for whiskey and beer during the war. For the rest, I am inclined to the view that the Government should move cautiously...
...gets drunk. The occasions of his getting drunk are varied and sporadic. A football victory, a visit to the metropolis, a check from home, the end of the examinations, a large party, a small party, may serve as the whywithal of a "spree." The aftermath consists largely in telling how much he drank, remembering with a triplicated record the sum of beverages which come his way. If a college man had no one to drink with, if he had no one to tell about it afterwards, he would be as abstinent as a sailor...
...tell them to be strong, to fight a good fight, to be loyal, to be valiant...