Word: correcting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe that there has been an increased interest this year in the subject of amateur coaching in American collegiate circles generally, but whether I am correct in this impression or not the matter is certainly one which in the course of the next few years is going to demand considerable attention on the part of Harvard men. It would be well, in view of this fact, to acquire as much information as possible about the practical workings, the advantages, and the drawbacks of the system of amateur coaching as employed in the English universities. The purpose of this article...
Because of the usual accuracy of your statements and, because your readers generally rely upon your statements as correct, I am writing this so that TIME may, if it so desires, correct the misstatement above mentioned...
Sirs: Some months ago I was interested in reading a brief description-I believe it was in your "Letters" column-of the correct pronunciation of certain names and places in England. The enclosed clipping from the London Evening Standard, with its "duly authenticated Explanatory Ode" may be of use to those of your readers who are contemplating a visit to these shores...
However, all of this attempt to acquire equality seems to have gone a little too far. In the first place, women have had centuries of practice in forcing men to ask the proper question at the correct time while the male experience has been confined to merely acting on the hints. Moreover, the less favored of the female sex have built up that great tradition of not beautiful, but nice, so admirably supported by well meaning aunts, while man is merely conceited or ugly. Men have, after all, been fairly patient in bearing with feminine supremacy, and it does seem...
...linemen were given a stiff session on the tackling dummy yesterday to correct their faults of last Saturday. Fred Gillies, former All-American lineman at Cornell, was on the field, helping out. Only two days practice remain before the team entrains for Ann Arbor and the work on these days will be extremely light...