Word: fields
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...boards tomorrow night, it will be the first dual meeting of representatives of the two universities for over a dozen years. Not since 1914, when Harvard defeated Michigan on the gridiron, 7 to 0, for the third consecutive time, have the Crimson and Wolverine forces met in any field of dual sport...
...their numerical rank. Twice they have, indeed, been the leaders of Europe. The first time was in 1630, when Gustavus Adolfus placed Sweden on a pinnacle from which she soon had to descend. Again, two and a half centuries later, Scandinavia was an arbiter, but this time in the field of letters. Ibsen, Strindberg, Bjornson formed a mighty trio of dramatists; and the greatest of these was Ibsen...
Those ambitious for the Presidency have discovered two very effective means of avoiding the unpleasantness of declaring themselves plainly. One method is that of silence, in the manner of President Coolidge and Mayor Lodge of Detroit: effective where the field is small, and the opposition has stated its platform. Some candidates are pussyfooting in this way; others have found a more subtle scheme, in which the procedure is, first, the careful study of the issues raised and supported by the few who have been audacious enough to speak, and second, the choice of an issue not yet covered...
...result of wet grounds the squad will be unable to begin practice at Soldiers Field until Monday March 26. Although no definite arrangements have been made yet, the team will probably play a number of practice games this spring...
...other of $50 is offered to the undergraduate of Harvard or Radcliffe writing the best thesis on some subject in the field of comparative literature if the Middle Ages and the Renaissance...