Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...outcome is difficult to predict, but whatever it may be, posterity cannot help admiring the courage and patriotism of the small Greek state in provoking war with a much stronger nation in the face of the Powers-an act of daring that has had no equal in modern if in ancient times...
...Tennis Association in making ready the courts on Holmes and Jarvis Fields, will be thoroughly appreciated by those who wish to take up the game in the spring. There is always a large number of men in Cambridge who, for lack of time and for various other reasons, cannot go in for the heavier athletics, and for such men tennis affords light out-of-door exercise in a very convenient and pleasant form...
...cannot keep my office hours today...
...putting the shot in the Gymnasium. The shot-putting contests which have been held from time to time have been of some benefit, but have not brought out as many men as it was hoped they would. Putting the shot requires not only strength but considerable skill, which cannot be acquired all at once. There are many heavy men, however, who, although not having the necessary skill and qualifications for this event, are well fitted to throw the hammer; and as out-door work is practically assured from now on, all who can help the team in the weight events...
...gained by winning one of these prizes, they would undoubtedly attract more attention than they do at present, and it seems as though every possible means should be taken to gain this end; for, as incentives to original research and means of raising the standard of scholarship they cannot be valued too highly. It has always been the custom, however, not to award the prizes until autumn and then there is no special occasion at which the names of the winners are announced together. As a result most students never even hear the names of those who take prizes...