Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pound Class (Preliminaries).--R. G. Lowe '24 defeated J. H. Courtney '24 by a fail in two minutes and two seconds...
...power of the organization of which he is the head gives tremendous strength to his movements, but its weight will prevent him from advancing very fast. No man who took part in the effort fifteen or twenty years ago to achieve an intelligent coaching system for Harvard football can fail to realize the difficulty of overcoming the inertia of a mass of people even in the best cause...
...interest in Harvard University can fail to feel a thrill of pride when he realizes that practically all of the Harvard men able to pass the physical examinations took some part of other in the defense of their country during the late war, and on one go through the transept of Memorial or on to Soldiers Field without understanding that this is no new spirit for Harvard. It is one of the traditions of the greatest American university, and I am glad to say that it is equally the tradition of all of our leading American colleges. The American college...
...delay would make no real difference; but occurring as it does daily, the long wait is coming to be regarded as the rule. Anyone called to the office has reason to expect to sit in line from fifteen minutes to an hour and a half,--and then sometimes fail of the objective. There is no way at present of reserving a place in the line, and a man would rather waste an hour with five in line ahead of him, than give up his place and come in later when his chances would be even less. The five...
...point to an economy that will be visible without a microscope, while at the same time finding a few millions for things the people want. In view of the present state of public opinion, it would be a false and deliberate betrayal of the country should the Senate fail to approve these treaties...