Word: behind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that day, however, an overworked Tom Healey started for the Stahlmen in the box and found that his control was not quite what it can be. He was behind almost every batter right from the beginning. This time he is rested and ready for action. Slim Curtiss and Charley Brackeit will go in if Healey falters over the nine inning route...
...Cornell Walt Sickles, the lad who set the Crimson down with five measley hits in the first tilt between the two teams, will be a tough nut to crack. And the Ithacans have started to hit behind him. Shortstop George Polzer leads the attack with a mark above 400, while Charley Bowen and Bill Mogk are close on his heels...
...being, such as a Maine fisherman, are the qualities which lend a positive tone to poetic translations of human nature. One cannot write convincingly of a universal type of human being, for even if it existed, it would lack the compelling reality which inspires poetry. The force and enthusiasm behind a poem is one factor which determines its ability to convey an impression, and it is rare that such force is generated entirely from the imagination. By discarding vague observations on humanity in favor of the examination of concrete human realities, Coffin has not damaged his position as a universalist...
Over a much choppier course, in a race preceding, the Jayvees failed to click when they met their first defeat of the year three-quarters of a length behind Navy, as Penn and Columbia followed in that order. It was a sluggish Crimson boat that crossed the finish line with a late sprint which never neared the high beat of the week before...
...struggle for "democracy in education" the Teachers' Union is by its charter denied the right to strike. In the fight for less topside control at Harvard, however, it has used tellingly the chief weapon at its disposal: the keen sword thrust of reasoned criticism. And behind that thrust are many of Harvard's much talked of "younger men." The Union's fight for the retention of Walsh and Swoezy may have been in vain. But this year's trenchant proposals for tenure reform and complete departmental democracy may cut more ice with the powers that be than the Faculty Committee...