Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Highland Club in West Roxbury, crossing the Larz Anderson estate, and finishing on the Technology Field near Brookline Village, where the last quarter of a mile will be run on the track. The distance to be covered is slightly more than four miles, and the course is a difficult one. The record for the course is held by H. Jaques, Jr., '11, who won the race last year in 23 minutes, 2 4-5 seconds...
...University football team was given a long scrimmage during the secret practice in the Stadium yesterday afternoon. The first team scored four touchdowns on the second and, in addition, O'Flaherty kicked a pretty field goal from a difficult angle on the 38-yard line. The work was fast and hard; at one time the second team was held for downs inside the first team's ten-yard line...
...Society deserve the thanks of their patrons, not only for making such an excellent financial record in a year of commercial weakness, but also for maintaining its excellence of service in many directions. Such a store, responsive to the ever-changing demands of a transitory public, has a very difficult place to fill. We believe that the Co-operative is operated with as little friction and with as much satisfaction to its customers as are possible in the circumstances...
...should be no very difficult matter to provide music at Memorial Hall two or three times a week through the football season. Last year an expenditure of $40 a week secured a small but sufficient orchestra twice a week during the dinner hour. The $280 necessary was raised by subscription from the men in the Hall...
...ocean of the air has certain analogies to the ocean of water, but its navigation is more difficult on account of the instability of the atmosphere. The wind, temperature and humidity have been measured, but the wind currents are of special interest to aerial navigators. The wind currents differ greatly with the time of day and the height. Observations are made by sending up a rubber balloon which carries a basket containing instruments. As the balloon rises the hydrogen expands it until the balloon bursts, when the instruments fall to the ground. A height of eleven miles has been reached...