Word: doubtful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...amount necessary for the expenses will probably reach $200,000, the largest sum ever spent by this country for the Olympic games. The increased size of the team will add to the expenses, and the committee in charge will no doubt raise the money by popular subscription...
Persecution for the expression of opinions seems to me perfectly logical. If you have no doubt of your premises or your power and want a certain result with all your heart you naturally express your wishes in law and sweep away all opposition. To allow opposition by speech seems to indicate that you think the speech impotent, as when a man says that he has squared the circle, or that you do not care whole-heartedly for the result, or that you doubt either your power or your premises. But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting...
...elected by the Germans of St. Louis; Senator Johnson, who apparently preferred, as long as the dear Germans could not keep Shantung, to do anything rather than let the "despicable Japanese" have what was promised them--all of them played into Germany's hands. If there be any doubt of this, one only need listen to the exultation from Berlin at the killing of the Treaty...
Last Saturday's game again throws doubt on the strength of the Elis. Collectively and individually the Yale eleven was in a decided slump against Princeton. That they will recover from it today and return to their mid-season form, seems more than likely...
...next week the still improving eleven pushed 31 points over on the Maryland team, registering a touchdown in every playing period and injecting a field goal for good measure. As the Maryland team was the weakest they had met, the strength of their attack still remained a matter of doubt. But as to the ability of Kempton, as a field general, there could no longer be any question. He handled his eleven with consummate skill, taking advantage of every opportunity that was offered...