Word: doubtedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...practice, he found himself firmly entrenched on the first team, a position from which no one has succeeded in ousting him to date. As time goes on the chances of any such event's happening seem to be getting slimmer and slimmer, and barring injury there are few who doubt that the opening line-up against Yale next month will include Ticknor at one guard and Trainer at the other. There is not another position on the whole team, with the exception of Captain Barrett's tackle berth and possibly the pivot position, that many would dare say the same...
...activities of a man whose chief claim to fame is that of most famous thrower of monkey wrenches in the machinery of progress. On his own representation, he blocked the famous Geneva conference for a trifling monetary consideration. That he bent every effort toward doing so, there is no doubt. That he was paid to do just that thing, the corporations which gave him the money are endeavoring to disprove. The situation is disagreeable to every one except, perhaps, Mr. Shearer, who appears to derive the pleasures of life in what must be termed at best, unusual ways...
...That Shearer is not going to be made a scapegoat while some of his pious critics go scot free is beyond reasonable doubt...
There was never much doubt as to who would win. It had been suggested that the "beautiful friendship" which Tilden feels for Hunter, his partner in many a doubles match, might tempt him to toss the match. No one knows better than Big Bill how much Little Frank wants to win the national singles...
...rearranged for berths. Distinctive are the plane's two pairs of Wasp-motors fixed tandem, and its twin rudders which are adjustable to compensate for varying engine speeds. On his trial flight Mr. Fokker set its tail on a fence. A drizzle preceded another test flight. Spectators voiced doubt that the ship would try the run under such bad conditions...