Word: expectancy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fall, the pattern of life of the Harvard upperclassman was poured into the new mold of the House Plan, the College found that two elements were not comprehended in the new scheme of things. One was the Freshmen the other the Yard. With the resourcefulness which one comes to expect from the rulers of University Hall, the two were put together and the problem was solved...
...appearance last week of the future president of Harvard University descending the second class gangplank of the Europa in Brooklyn has been interpreted by the experts as a subtle indication that Harvard may expect a new democracy of its own, an academic new deal, and that the days of the Cabot-Lowell-God hegemony are over...
Until the Rex's trip, the record for one day's run was held by Germany's Europa which did 713 miles in 24 hr. on her maiden voyage in 1930. Shipping speed experts, who have always believed that the German ships have knots in reserve, expect them to beat the Rex's record of last week, expect the Germans eventually to be beaten again by the Rex's sister ship the Conte di Savoia which is supposed to have still more reserve speed...
...crowd did not know what to expect in the third heat, with both Mary and Brown Berry still quivering from the terrific second. All eleven horses (one had been withdrawn) were subdued, got away evenly at the first score. For a half-mile they ran in the order they had finished in the second. Then Mary fell back to third where she stayed until the last turn...
...Dublin Horse show, The Irish Independent exhibits some outlandish animal or object, offers a prize to the one who can guess its name. When this year's show opened last week the Independent was displaying, in a shallow biscuit tin the last thing an Irishman might expect to see in Dublin-canned rattlesnake...