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Word: behinds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Everything that Brisbane said is true but still there are many people in this country who believe that Harvard had a good reason for rejecting the offer. They felt that there was something behind the refusal. And these prophets were correct, for now the truth of the whole incident is made public. It seems that Dr. Mears had added one condition to his offer. The stipulation was that the money should be used at all times for instruction in accordance with his own teachings. Harvard did not care to have its hands tied for years to come, and so rightly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jumping At Conclusions | 5/28/1927 | See Source »

...arguments on a threadbare theme. The Eastern Conference idea is acceptable and conceivable only in the degree in which it supports the recent rationalization of the sport. Certainly the Present regime of the western body is not toward that end. Or, if it is, its altruism is well concealed behind its elephantine proportions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUBJECTIVE REASONING | 5/28/1927 | See Source »

...invaded the diamond purlieus of the Brown Bear. On May 7 the game scheduled for Soldiers Field was transferred to Rhode Island because of the conflict with Edvin Wide's attempt to break the world's record for the two-mile fun. On that occasion the Crimson hit hard behind airtight pitching by J. N. Barbee '28, and pounded out a 6 to 1 triumph over the touted Bruin nine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO TILTS IN THREE DAYS WILL ENGAGE UNIVERSITY NINE | 5/28/1927 | See Source »

...surrounds the proposed University dining hall. The authorities are behind the project; the building will go up forthwith if only the students, whose need it is supposed to meet, show themselves conscious of a need. The persistence of the University in forwarding the project attests to the sincerity with which it is being pushed from above. The offer to erect the hall was first made contingent upon prospective interest in the Union's system of club tables. When this interest failed to materialize in force, it was seen that particular reasons, among them the location of the Union itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A LAST CALL | 5/26/1927 | See Source »

...situation is looking up, and visions are seen to a return of the glory of Cornell crews in the days on Courtney. On Saturday, Cornell trailed Princeton and Yale in the Tigers' amazing victory on still, shallow Lake Carnegie, but the Ithacans were only a length and a half behind and the second boat, though beaten by Yale, led the Princeton "jayvees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON EIGHTS AIM FOR CORNELL | 5/24/1927 | See Source »

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