Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...England colleges, as well as many of the schools, and each year the delegates from the various institutions number over 800 men. The conference is intended to give opportunities for personal contact with men who have a strong influence on the religion of the present day, and also to afford a few days of healthy recreation...
...player may not break the morale of the whole. Yet the loss to any team however strong of a player so remarkable is a serious impairment of its strength. On the game Saturday depends the victorious conclusion of the whole season of play. The team cannot well afford to present against Yale's fast and aggressive team anything less than its full power...
Taken as a whole, though not brilliant, "Flora Bella" will afford much enjoyment and many thrills to the audience...
...books might be relayed to their proper places by means of a small truck. Such a plan would not only facilitate the prompt return of books, which is in itself extremely desirable, but it would be a step in the direction of efficiency which the Library officials can ill afford to neglect...
...often this sort of competition is marred by a distorted patriotism which takes the form of hatred and prejudice against the representatives of the other nation. Let us hope that this particular manifestation of childishness will not be seen tonight. Our country is at an acute crisis. It cannot afford to make enemies, even in a way apparently so unimportant. Our Canadian opponents should be greeted by a large crowd in an enthusiastic spirit of friendly rivalry...