Word: almost
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...year, the University proposes to make certain changes in its system of concentration and distribution. Just how extensive the contemplated modifications are, we do not know, but it is not impossible that when the leaders of the Faculty discuss the situation, their reforms may be almost as revolutionary as those at Yale...
...carry on its good work in a most difficult period; and to my own associates of the Executive Cabinet for their faithful co-operation and interest in the year's success. In commenting upon the situation, I can make but one suggestion and repeat the appeal that is almost annually made for wider and more active interest in the work of the Association among the whole undergraduate body, for on this alone depends the success or failure of our good work. J. G. COOLIDGE...
...final analysis, the blame for academic casualties rests almost entirely with the student. It is easy to argue successfully against this conclusion, but the argument convinces no one but the individual concerned. There is a vast deal of intellectual deadwood and rubbish desecrating the upper stories of many Cornellians...
...possible to localize and accentuate this interest." Before the war, the mission took a very active part in this work, and found many opportunities abroad for members of the University, but since 1917 it has been practically impossible to maintain any missions, and its usual plans had been almost completely given...
...bold attempt of an unknown Boston Bolshevik with Black Handish leanings to put a stop to the Hasty Pudding Club's preparations for "Crowns and Clowns" is but another instance of the almost unbelievable lack of ordinary foresight for which Soviet supporters are traditionally famous. Frankly, we have been perhaps somewhat diffident when the delights of Bolshevism have been described to us. The whole thing seems too tame, too common-place for words. The frantic mobs in the streets of Moscow cannot compare to the lunch hour at Jimmie's. The pools of blood in the public squares at Patrograd...