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Word: favor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...though this showing is so favorable as far as it goes, it can be seen from the above statement that the great majority of the class have not as yet even sent in their pledges. While some may not feel able to pay just yet the first of the five installments which is due before June 1, everyone who has not already done so should make a point of sending in his pledge at once. Those who have lost the cards may obtain others on application to the Treasurer, either in person or in writing. And those...

Author: By W. M. E. whitelock., | Title: SENIORS, SO FAR, SO GOOD! | 3/21/1913 | See Source »

...plan hope to see the idea broadened until the civil service and the municipal railway are included in the scheme, by making promotion dependent upon military efficiency. Several factors have contributed to the launching of this proposal, the principal ones being the German war excitement, Lord Roberts' campaign in favor of universal military service, and the nationwide discussion of the value of the consolidated territorial force of Lord Haldane, former Secretary of State for War, which was aimed to establish a great force of citizen soldiers. With such powerful forces working for the military education of the graduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY REGARDING MILITARY EFFICIENCY. | 3/8/1913 | See Source »

...poor when he goes gets a bad start in the struggle for a living if he has learned to regard limited trains, costly food, automobiles on the slightest provocation, and free entertainment in hours of leisure and refreshment as due from the world to him. In theory most persons favor economy; but in applying the theory to any one team, committees, coaches, managers, players, and captains have often been inclined--quite naturally--to consider everything before economy and to rely luxuriously on the great sums collected at games as more than covering the bills. What I have just said, though...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEAN BRIGGS ON ATHLETICS | 2/27/1913 | See Source »

...judge. They admire and applaud the ingenuity and spirit with which counsel take technical points for their clients, and the public press often sympathizes with and encourages this misdirected admiration. Of course, the best men in the practice of the law do not insist on technical points in favor of their clients, but rather waive them, and the best judges try to control counsel and direct the course of justice so far as state statutes permit. Unwise legislation is largely responsible for the particular evil now under consideration; and in recent years there has been much legislation intended to reduce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND COMMENT | 2/20/1913 | See Source »

Other arguments were advanced later, in the course of which Captain Storer, P. L. Wendell '13, Captain Wingate of the baseball team, R. B. Batchelder '13, and others declared in favor of the plan and H. R. Hitchcock '14, W. M. E. Whitelock '13, and F. B. Withington '15 argued on the negative

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOCKEY DISCUSSED IN FORUM | 2/14/1913 | See Source »

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