Word: failings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vain for others to take the lead, the editors of the Era took the matter in charge, and succeeded in working up considerable enthusiasm. The result was very satisfactory, and it is more than probable that field day will be observed annually at Cornell in the future, which cannot fail to have a beneficial effect on her athletic interests. Most of the events were creditable, and in several the Cornell record was lowered. The money realized will be used either to furnish the students' assembly room, or to send representatives to the inter-collegiate meeting at the New York polo...
...probable that the State will fail to convict in the Cramer murder trial...
Tennis players should not fail to attend some of the games on the Longwood grounds this week...
...accumulated ruins of six cities. The third of these buried cities is supposed to be ancient Troy because it shows signs of having been destroyed by fire. In conclusion, Prof. Goodwin hoped that the first expedition sent from the New World to explore the Old World would not fail on account of lack of aid. He thought there might still lie buried in Greece treasures as rich as any yet discovered...
...show the Harvards to be the best prepared college team. But playing professional teams, in which the collegians have nothing to lose and everything to win, is a very different thing from playing for the championship, when both sides become unnerved by anxiety in regard to the result, and fail to play in the good form they show against the professionals. The coolest team of the three rivals - Harvard, Yale and Princeton - will win the first game of the series they play together. - [N. Y. World...