Word: fear
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crew, still to have our confidence justified by such a marked victory is peculiarly gratifying to Harvard. Although the charge that the Harvard crew, after defeating the Yale crew in such a fast race, was afraid to row Columba, last year, was a preposterous one, still we fear that there were many men from the New York college whose hopes so warped their judgment that they almost believed it. Such men will be relieved by the race just rowed. They will no longer be troubled by perplexing guesses at "what might have been." Of course our defeat this year would...
...cash gains of the year were very small. I do not mean to imply that the society is not financially sound, but merely to suggest that the business has been run on a close margin and that the members have had the benefit of all the profits. But I fear students do not wholly appreciate the conveniences of the Co-operative. Many impositions on the part of other dealers have been corrected since the society was established, and in this way it is really a benefit to non-members as well as to members. But the convenience of getting books...
...regret very much," Governor Butler is reported as saying, "this political action on the part of the college, because I fear it may tend to impair its usefulness, for it is quite possible that the people of the Commonwealth may hereafter remember it to the disadvantage of the college and come to the conclusion to divorce the college and the State as our fathers divorced the church and State, and may inquire if there is any reason why the property of that institution shall be exempted from taxataxation, which is so burdensome upon us, while they use the alms...
...close race was expected. Baker made a poor start, allowing the other men to forge ahead and Stebbins to win by a very pretty run in 10 3/8 sec., with Johnson second. Baker was pocketed by the men on the right, and was kept from breaking through from fear of being spiked...
...fear expressed, in that members of the Tennis Association can hand down their courts to others by evading the rules, as is done in the case of college rooms, is unfounded. Under the rules of the Tennis Association, no such transfer will be possible, as a member on leaving the university has to give up his court, which will then be assigned...