Word: arming
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...their preparations to make the Union a comfortable place for eating and for lounging, the officers have left no stone unturned. Where it was formerly a large edifice in which meals were served and arm-chairs placed about, it is now an attractive club, with a well run restaurant; the library and writing rooms, with a profusion of comfortable chairs and writing desks, invite perusal of the current periodicals; the game room, with its card tables and chess boards, vies with the pool room below for the largest number of contestants...
...surroundings, in vain attempt to orient themselves with Boylston Laboratory and the cleverly hidden Bursar's Office. Second-hand furniture stores are crowded with eager students purchasing desks and desk chairs, book shelves, and other conveniences for study, which alas, will only too soon be abandoned in favor of arm chairs and te Orpheum. Trucks and vans, in endless line, are rolling in with impedimenta, from golf bags to carefully prepared boxes from home, all to be unceremoniously dumped on the polished steps of the dormitories. Some are studiously turning over the leaves of the course pamphlet in careful search...
...ascertained yesterday that Richardson Dilworth, Who has had class experience at end and halfback, will be unable to play this fall. During Wednesday's practice he fell, injuring his arm only slightly, but reopening an old wound which he had received in France...
...drastic terms out of tune with these liberal times. This is true. But they are in harmony with the spirit of the nation upon which they are to be enforced. Germany has learned a language of might and of indemnities. She has not yet comprehended defeat because the strong arm of the invader has not yet been felt. The dinners in Paris have been postponed not cancelled. Ultimately there will be victory and punishment for the accursed Americans...
...reason for Coxe's late appearance in the Yale line-up was a lame arm, which is now in excellent condition. His greatest claim for attention lies in his recent feat of holding the Giants to seven hits while his team-mates out-hit the big leaguers...