Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Soldiers Field the Scrub 1 defeated the Peevish Ice Cutters by the score of 8 to 6. Both teams were weak at the bat. For the Scrub 1 Falvey at right field accepted three difficult chances...
What has been the cause of the sudden falling off of the 'Varsity Nine after beginning the season so well is difficult to say. Whether the men have become stale, or whether they have been overconfident, the cause is just now immaterial. The team has played fast baseball; they are perfectly capable of doing so today; and they can go onto the field knowing that the University will turn out in force to see them redeem themselves...
...present situation is extremely difficult and complicated. The sudden turn of affairs in Crete has weakened the triple alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy, and the double alliance of France and Germany. Austria is frankly hostile to Crete, and the German emperor shows considerable zeal for the Sultan. Italy would naturally follow the lead but for the great popular sympathy for Greece. Public opinion in England is also for Greece, but thus far the English government has shown itself contemptuous of it. The policy of France is friendly. Russia is the most important power of all, and her policy...
...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...
...interest, in that it treats of one of the foremost political topics of the day. Much has been said and written on the Cretan situation, but the average observer feels the need of some more accurate information on the subject. Doctor Coolidge is particularly well fitted to expound this difficult matter. For some years he has made affairs in the East a subject of the most careful study and investigation, and probably it is safe to say that few men today are so well able to deal with the complicated problem. Dr. Coolidge is, moreover, an interesting speaker, and will...