Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...means certain that Franklin Roosevelt had not outsmarted the House. Correspondents had a shrewd suspicion that he had asked for more than he wanted, that, so doing, he had deliberately given the House a harmless chance to display independence and, if economy should backfire, to take the rap from constituents -all of which might make Congress more tractable later...
...likely to laugh at the asking. Of course, they have their troubles. They, like doctors, are paid last, and of late there has been a discouraging trend toward one student taking a review and then passing on his tidbits to his brothers in distress. But, all in all, certain maestros of the schools have been able to hold their heads above water and to keep undesirable animals from the door, and they naturally show no signs of giving up. And so, the bout goes...
...immediate benefit, however, can be determined to a certain extent. The fifty-five underprivileged graduates of Greater Boston High Schools want one of three things: (1) to prepare themselves for college if finances ever allow them to attend; (2) to study those subjects beneficial to their business or daily occupation; (3) to gain "general culture" in their personal interests. If they are to achieve these ends they must have in whatever way possible the advantages of regular undergraduates. Through personal meetings with their tutors once or twice a week, they can accomplish as much or little as their ambition demands...
...important is the close succession of the new drive for scholarship funds upon that of the Refugee Committee. But since the new appeal will be made on a totally different basis, it is likely to score in different quarters. Moreover, it will undoubtedly excite a sympathetic Alumni response. That certain Alumni are interested in such a scheme is evidenced by the fact that, prior to the Great Depression, three Harvard, Club scholarships were awarded in Argentina...
...glant-killing tendencles of its football men and will be correspondingly hard to beat. But Captain Rusty Greenhood's bunch is determined that the finish of tomorrow's meet will find Coach Ulen smlling. If a Harvard team has to have a 28-meet string broken, it's certain that either Yale or Princeton will be slightly more welcome as breakers than upstart Brown. A consoling thought for Coach Hal is that of all the teams he has tutored either at Harvard or Syracuse not one has ever lost to Brown...