Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...success at dodging tackles is prognostic of success at dodging issues, and if great skill at passing a football carries with it equal skill at passing the buck, there is no real reason why "the flying iceman" should not make a successful candidate. It is true, one difficulty does present itself. Mr. Grange is not yet twenty-five, which is the minimum age for Representatives. After much deep thinking on the part of his admirers, however, it was agreed that if this objection should be hurled at them, they would retort, "Remember Henry Clay...
Weights of Teams Almost Equal...
...Mitchell about to begin. There was much in what they said. The court martial of Benedict Arnold in 1779-80, which resulted in a mild reprimand from General Washington, was not so sensational as the treason which followed it. The trial of Aaron Burr for treason was perhaps of equal national interest, but it was not a military trial but a trial before the U. S. Circuit Court at Richmond. The nearest parallel to the Mitchell trial is probably the Court of Inquiry in 1901 into the conduct of Commodore Winfield Scott Schley in the Spanish-American...
...Vary the conventional round of training with bull fights and hand-to-hand conflicts with grizzly bears, tigers, lions, and any other wild beasts that can be secured. No device has ever been discovered quite equal to this for developing personal courage...
Offensively, however, there is still a great deal lacking. Princeton made only five first downs, to an equal number for Colgate, and rushed the ball 135 yards. Jake Slagle outshone the great Tryon as a consistent ground gainer. The interference was much improved and the punting very good considering the wet condition of the ball. The forward passing, considered Princeton's forte at the beginning of the season, was very weak, however, only one out of five tosses being successful, for a gain of a scant yard, while one intercepted by Colgate was the direct cause of the Maroon touchdown...