Word: although
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Having just concluded the fiftieth year of active business in the steel industry, in the natural course of events, I do very little except touch the high spots now, and have implicit confidence in the person I always speak of as 'my boy'-although he is not a boy any more-to carry on the work of the Bethlehem Company better than I was ever able to carry it on; so that I am very happy in placing practically the entire responsibility with reference to everything pertaining to the Bethlehem company in Mr. Grace's hands...
...Although the oriental sage hopes his new followers will not risk all their money so early in the season on his predictions for Saturday's games, like the good sport that he is, he submitted the following scores for the day's gridiron battles to newspaper correspondents here today: Boston College 27 Catholic U. 6 Dartmouth 39 Norwich 0 Holy Cross 32 St. John's 0 Brown 20 Springfield 0 West Point 33 Boston U. 7 New Hampshire 13 Colby 0 Michigan 27 Mt. Union 0 Penn 39 F. & M 0 Columbia 27 Middlebury 0 Cornell 21 Clarkeson...
Checking their line thrusts with well-executed lateral and forward passes, the University players downed the Knox-coached scrubs by a 27 to 0 score. Although the first string players started slowly and showed ragged form, they soon got under way. The initial score followed a fifty yard parade down the field. A lateral from Putnam to Mays netted 20 yards. Charles Devens crashed through a weak spot in the left side of the scrub line for 15 more: yards and Putnam advanced the pig skin five. With beautiful interference mowing down potential tacklers. Mays dashed 15 yards...
Frankly, however, the last two seasons have not been such as to satisfy the large majority of Harvard men. The reasons for this are too tangled to be dismissed with a mere charge of incompetence against the coach although this is undeniably the most obvious feature of the situation. Harvard crews have apparently felt some necessity for including the largest possible proportion of men who have rowed on preparatory school crews. It is admittedly difficult to weld a free swinging unit from material which comes to Harvard possessed of ingrained differences in rowing habits, but it is a tradition difficult...
...Although detailed arrangements are not yet far advanced, one great essential has been provided for in a manner quite obviously excellent. The speakers for the occasion will be two and two only--President James R. Angell from among the guests and President A. Lawrence Lowell on behalf of the hosts. Here is an assured promise of interest and significance. For once, one imagines, the theme of oratory will be not largely concerned with football. Two great educators will stand together before the Boston alumni of their two institutions, and the cause of higher education will have bright light turned upon...