Word: breach
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...even admitting that the employment of a professional coach might result in the winning of more races it is argued that such a step would make a breach in the amateur standing upheld by the University for years, and that rather than do this it would be better to lose again and again, or even to give up rowing with Yale until Yale abandons professionalism in coaching...
...obvious that the display of apparently Steven property in students' rooms is regarded by the College anther, ities as a breach of good order. It may be expected therefore that such display will be prohibited in all buildings which are under the supervision of the Parietal Board...
...building of fences and so on, through work in the hotels and restaurants of the Republic, and through the salaried positions in its government, the citizens may earn money; and for the more ambitious, proprietorships of the hotels and stores offer chances for very profitable investments on capital saved. Breach of contract in business or other disputes may be brought in suit and tried in the courts of the Republic, under judges elected from and by the citizens. Boys who perhaps have never associated idea of "law" with anything but the thought of a policeman who was to be hated...
...order to prevent coaching from the side lines or by water-carriers, the umpire is given power to penalize such breach of the rule by a loss of five yards to the side whose man infringes...
Furthermore I wish to deny that the offense was characterized by "slyness." Such expressions as "breach of faith." "forfeiture of self-respect," would have sounded strange indeed at the time. The imputation of a slinking attitude is one which I most decidedly recent...