Word: following
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...desperate moment for the Union in the Civil War--July, 1864,--Yale, instead of enlisting, rowed Harvard a furious race at Worcester before a large and excited throng. Like-wise, as Harvard took up the new games appearing in the Victorian period, Yale was out of envy forced to follow, and each time unsuccessfully. In their first baseball game, 1868, Harvard beat Yale 25-17. In 1875 one hundred and fifty students saw the Crimson defeat the Blue in their first football match...
...First Story of the Whale" is the title of the first production of Harvard's own Lewis Carroll, but more are going to follow, such as "Herbert the Worm" and "Fitnia and Whee." Incidentally, Fitnia and Whee are two creatures, never seen, and they just can't be described...
...only two, namely, ourselves and the Government of Soviet Russia, which have restricted themselves to de facto recognition. The latest country to recognize formally Italian sovereignty in Ethiopia is France, and her new ambassador will be accredited to the King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia. We propose to follow the same course as France...
Other publishers did not follow suit. Said David Smart of Esquire, Ken and Coronet: "We're cooperating 100%." Similar reassurance came from the Crowell group (Collier's, American Magazine, Woman's Home Companion, Country Home), TIME Inc., Forum and Scribner...
...exams which are merely an unnecessary check-up at a time when an essay would determine the student's real ability much more clearly. There are, however, certain drawbacks in assigning written papers instead of giving tests in class, and these will be discussed in the two editorials to follow...