Word: badness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Owing to the bad weather the second hare and hound run was not held yesterday, but was postponed until Tuesday, November 17. The hares for this run will be the same as for yesterday's, D. Grant M. S., and E. A. Starbuck...
...mismanagement or bad generalship that each year when the time arrives for the most important University games to be played, when reputation for the College is to be made, the Harvard players are crippled and of little or no avail? Why is it necessary to use up the team in practice and by contests with unimportant teams just before the great games of the year? Of course I realize that thorough and systematic hard practice is necessary, but there is a limit to human endurance, and some discretion should be used, that the men shall be serviceable when the most...
...Present system is defective. A. Leads to bad organization of the House Committee system. a. Destroys the unity of the House as a legislative body. Interest centers in the committees. b. Fate of any measure depends upon the constitution of a particular committee. c. Fate of all measures depends upon the attitude of committees towards them. d. Develops professional lobbyists. x. Committees more easily influenced. e. Bills of public importance delayed. x. Committees monopolize the time. f. Decreases interest of nation in proceedings of Congress. x. All things decided in secrecy of committee room. g. Leads to system...
...preliminary run yesterday was postponed on account of the bad condition of the roads. The run will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock sharp...
...first time since the Brown game. He did not, however, play very long as his knee is still rather weak. There is good prospect of his playing against Princeton, especially as Mills, who has played regularly at left tackle lately, is now confined to his room with a bad cold. Woodward and Swain were both tried at tackle for a short time, and Lee also played after Wheeler withdrew from the game. Cabot's ankle is still troubling him, and as a result, Brewer is being played at left end, in case of the former being unable to enter Saturday...