Word: belief
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...without a victory over Dartmouth in baseball, and the Hanoverians have of late cultivated a disagreeable habit of defeating the Crimson in football and hockey as well. This spring Harvard victories over Princeton and the Tigers' decisive verdict over the Green have given Crimson rooters some ground for the belief that the Dartmouth away will be broken. Caldwell, the Nassau twirler whom Harvard so maltreated, pitched an almost perfect game against the Green, retiring the first 26 opponents in order and then yielding two hits before getting the last...
...manager, corroborated this. "After 16 years he looks better than he ever looked before. And I mean that from my heart." Gibbons also felt satisfied with his training. "That I shall remove Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight, from my path to another meeting with Dempsey, is my firm belief." When the boxers entered the ring they were all smiles. Carp smiled his customary gracious smile; and Gibbons smiled his good-natured smile. At the end of the bout Gibbons was still smiling his good-natured smile. Carp however, was not smiling. Gibbons wore a dark heavy sweater under a dark...
...which is to be its partner and friendly rival. To take a working model, a movement is on foot in Worcester, Mass., to send a challenge to Worcester, England. This challenge will include a statement of the historical factors which have brought the two communities together and of the belief that the "best cement between man and man--is the spirit of sportsmanship...
...understanding of the other fellow's circumstances and point of view. That great American, whose memory every Englishman delights to honour, Walter H. Page, wrote in a letter published in his biography: "The ignorance, each of the other (i. e. the American and English nations) is beyond all belief." Strong, unqualified words coming from a man in the best position to form a sound judgment. Not one man in 1000 of either nation knows anything worth while about the other nation. This fundamental and wide-spread ignorance is the reason why the politicians and diplomatists have failed...
...fair haired, light skinned Indians, with aquiline Moses and peculiarly clear cut features. Allan Quartermain found them, and so have several others whose reports have never been substantiated. There is always a suspicion of fever, hallucination, or temporary derangement on the part of the eye witness that makes complete belief impossible...