Word: doubtedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...college is a place of residence and instruction. As a place of residence its qualities are no doubt sufficiently familiar. We probably have a less erroneous idea of Oxford social life than the middle Westerner has of Harvard social life. The teaching of the college is in the hands of its fellows, the "dons", and is now done wholly by the tutorial method. The student of history has in any one term of eight weeks one, or perhaps two, tutors, with whom he studies a particular part of his field. He sees his tutor once a week for one hour...
...Holy Cross. Teams that are made up of future major league players represent the Worcester institution, and the paper calculations of the dopesters pick the Crimson to lose every year by overwhelming margins. Year after year, however, the Purple finds a fighting Harvard team that leaves the issue in doubt until the last...
Eight men from Columbia, eight from Pennsylvania, eight from Yale, seated on sliding seats in three narrow boats, lined up on the windless Schuylkill at Philadelphia. The issue of the race was, curiously, in some doubt. The fact that Columbia had small chance was well recognized. But the famed Yale crew, the same which vanquished the world on the Seine, was gone. Only three men of that machine were left-Kingsbury, No. 6; Wilson, No. 3; Sprock, No. 7. Pennsylvania was beautifully schooled, perfect in form. Nobody thought of Columbia. The race began. Pennsylvania led. Yale was second, rowing with...
...probable that these credits will never be needed. In addition, the current Bank of England statement showed £155.742,000 in bullion, and Britain's 1925 debt payment of $166,000,000 to our Treasury on War debt account has already been "discreetly accumulated." Thus the speculators who might doubt the ability of the British to remain on a gold basis, and accordingly be inclined to sell sterling "short," depressing its price in dollars, would be running into a stone wall. The sharp punishment administered to such short sellers of francs a year ago by the J. P. Morgan...
Swift & Co. has announced that it does not intend in the future to handle grocery articles. Wilson & Co. and Cudahy & Co. have no intention of reengaging in the business. After Armour & Co. there is more doubt, although many predict that they too will not resume grocery wholesaling...