Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nothing in recent years has hurt me more than to see official Harvard repudiate the amateur theatrical leadership it had so bravely assumed, and nothing would buck up my pride more than to see the Harvard Dramatic Club so supported by undergraduate enthusiasm that it could carry on the good work whatever the attitude of the authorities. The theatre of tomorrow belongs to the youth of today. The Harvard Dramatic Club is youth, I hope confident, I hope daring, I hope full of the will to experiment. Personally, I am getting a bit woary of "Scholarship". I want education that...
...success at dodging tackles is prognostic of success at dodging issues, and if great skill at passing a football carries with it equal skill at passing the buck, there is no real reason why "the flying iceman" should not make a successful candidate. It is true, one difficulty does present itself. Mr. Grange is not yet twenty-five, which is the minimum age for Representatives. After much deep thinking on the part of his admirers, however, it was agreed that if this objection should be hurled at them, they would retort, "Remember Henry Clay...
Turning to politics itself in 1903, he became a reform candidate for the old Common Council of Boston, but, forced to buck the Innes machine of "regular Republicanism" that was even then in power, he was defeated. A year later however, he won, and soon rose to the presidency of the body...
...conclusion, may we ask, why the article? What did Douglas or the great Southwest ever do to YOU or yours? Why should YOU object to Hal Chase, Chick Gandil or Buck Weaver making an honest living in the only manner that their education permits...
TIME, which never comments editorially, most certainly does not "object" to the presence on the Douglas baseball nine of Hal Chase, Chick Gandil and Buck Weaver (famed "outlaw" players). TIME merely stated facts: the outlaws have been playing baseball in Douglas, and very good baseball, at that; the members of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines (who pay the ball players) are glad that the outlaws are playing there. These facts seemed to be of sufficient general interest to warrant publication. No disparagement of anyone was intended. The full text of the article can be found on Page...