Word: exception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prize, held over from last year, went to French Philosopher & Author Henri Bergson. Philosopher Bergson, bedridden, in Paris, remarked "I am greatly honored.'' Achievement: akinetic system of philosophy which rejects all generalizations except the concept that reality is neither more nor less than the incessant evolutions of thought-time...
...Publicity from newspapers, which have not many games to write about in winter, and the inherent virtues of the sport have made it popular; so much so that last year 1,350,000 persons paid to see games. The organization of hockey resembles that of professional baseball except that, rather than an arbitrary distinction between two leagues, there is a real distinction between two "groups" of a single league. The teams play intergroup games during the season; at the end of the season the leaders in each group play each other, the two second-place teams play each other...
Reid, Flaksman, and Aldrich have taken the first three places in all the meets except one this fall in which they have...
...view of the wit and alert psychological analysis dissipated by Boston newspaper columnists on the falling off in attendance at football mass meetings at Harvard, this kindred slump among the Elis must be regarded as a direct refutation of any explaining cause except that of a saner adjustment of athletic interest in both colleges. It is regrettable that Yale has encroached upon the portion of distaste for crowd hysteria lately and solely possessed by the ten thousand men. But it has done so and what barbs are thrown in the future must be received upon the joined bucklers...
Some day there may be a new football rule limiting the number of players that can be used in a game. Less important rules have received favorable consideration. Unless this is eventually done, there is grave danger that there will be no room in the stadia except for reserve football players...