Word: crucial
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fickle Tiger went wild and made a big killing on Saturday, the Army mule balked in more than mulish obstinacy, a Boston college back missed a crucial goal after touchdown, and three of Joe Forecast's predictions collapsed without a murmur. Such trifling disasters as these, however, hardly ruffled the calm surface of his self-satisfaction, for he had defied a legion of sport editors, the table of comparative scores and the whole city of Providence in picking Harvard to win, and by the margin of three points is his prediction justified...
...failure of the Crimson to win the major games on its schedule is attributed by those on the inside at Soldiers Field to the niggardly policy of the H. A. A. in refusing to supply Joe with a megaphone. It is more than rumored that in many crucial moments last season his advice was unheard or if heard, wilfully ignored. For this reason, Joe is on the outs with the Fisher regime, and he declared last night in a statement to the CRIMSON that as far as he is concerned Harvard can lose every game on its schedule...
...hoped that the Great War-the war for democracy and justice- would have solved this crucial problem, but all the colonies were divided among Great Britain, France and Belgium. Therefore, the problem of population remains the outstanding one for the future of Italy. Nations which cherish peace should try to find a just solution of this great and vital problem...
...college life is almost his only life during these years, and since a student attends college not only with his mind, but with his body and his soul as well, the college touches him at every point, and is the chief moulding force during what are perhaps the most crucial years of his history...
...fact that Spalding will start the first Yale game also shows a radical change in the policy which the University has always followed in the crucial series. It is customary to send the weaker pitcher in when the first game is on the New Haven diamond, and yet Spalding is obviously Coach Mahan's best bet for a win. The probable reason for this change in the usual procedure is that Pond is slated to start the game for Yale instead of the first string pitcher, Holibird, and Coach Mahan will take advantage of the opportunity by concentrating his force...