Word: fined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sure. Why you know they have what they call bargain day in the federal court there every Friday morning. Line all the bootleggers up in the cellar and let 'em go for two dollars apiece. Why don't they try 'em? Listen, the men won't pay a fine of more than five dollars; they'll fight it out and they know that if they're selling decent stuff that no New York jury would ever convict 'em. It's much cheaper for the 'feds' not to press the charge. Sure sounds funny to a guy that works in this...
...team to carry away from the stadium this afternoon the crown of a championship. But the undoubted strength of the two teams, the expected colorful performance of several of their individual members, and the intense yet gracious emotion of their supporters promises an afternoon fully in accord with the fine old sporting tradition...
...wide spread disapproval of patently faulty judgment in his picking and handling of men are frequently encountered here at Cambridge, and are generally of a more disagreeable sort than similar dissatisfaction with a graduate or professional coach. Harvard is fortunate in having constantly at hand a large number of fine athletes in her graduate schools. If each House were to employ a graduate student as general coach and supervisor of each of its sports, better organization, better training, and greater fairness would, as a usual thing, be secured than if the sports were left entirely under the direction...
...opinion that with the Harvard team in the fine physical condition that it is and possessing reserve power at least equal to that of the Blue, the team will...
...number of mechanical devices have been installed to make the library more efficient. In rooms containing rare books and fine bindings, the humidity and temperature will be controlled to prevent deterioration; in other portions of the building there will be forced ventilation. To expedite the delivery of books to readers, pneumatic tubes and conveyors have been installed...