Word: almost
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...release of large numbers of Germans from the Russian front will almost inevitably result in an early spring offensive. A complete co-ordination of our armies is the absolute essential of meeting it successfully. The English break is therefore particularly unfortunate at the present time. Its moral effect can not be measured. It will afford food for dissension. It will discourage faith in our ultimate ability to win the war. In all respects it is an example of what must be avoided...
...training is to be very intensive, and the cadets will have almost no leisure time from reveille at 5.45 until "taps" at 9.30 o'clock...
...prospects of victory for the Freshmen are very slight, for Andover has a well-balanced team, while 1921 must rely almost entirely on two men, L. H. Rand and E. C. Mott-Smith. In the 200-yard four-man relay, Andover is said to average 27 4-5 seconds, which is much better time than the Freshmen can hope to make. The event which the 1921 team seems likely to win is the 50-yard dash...
Very little is known about the strength of the Eli yearlings, inasmuch as up to date they have played no games and their practice have been limited by military drill. As the University team has had a long season of almost uninterrupted practice, it undoubtedly has an advantage over its rivals. Throughout the season their principal weakness has been lack of teamwork which is the chief cause of the defeats by Newton High and St. Paul...
...that time a total of $50,000 was pledged by the students and Faculty. For the most part the undergraduates have responded faithfully when their pledges have fallen due. In fact, almost all large sums have been turned in. But there remains a matter of 233 pledges, which although overdue, and in spite of repeated appeals from Phillips Brooks House, have been overlooked or neglected. The men who signed these pledges--and mind you, they are all for small sums--should realize the responsibility they incurred to make them good within reasonable time. It would mean a good deal...