Word: forwards
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such a time as this a change in national policies involves not−as some may lightly think−only a choice between different roads by either of which we may go forward, but a question also as to whether we may not be taking the wrong road and moving backward. The measure of our national prosperity, of our stability, of our hope of further progress at this time is the measure of what we may risk through a change in present policies. More than once in our national history a change in policies in a time of advancement...
...effort to solve the problem presented by the vacancy left in the center of the forward line by the absence of Dudley Bell '28, star center of last year's eleven. Coach Arnold Horween '21 had R. H. O'Connell '30, former Exeter captain and stellar end of the Freshman team of three years ago, out with the centers practicing passing and blocking. J. H. Gildea '31, Freshman pivot man of last fall, considered to be the leading candidate for the post on the first eleven this season, is still out with a leg injury but is expected back about...
...earnest baseball devotee I long have admired Babe Ruth's batting ability and I look forward with pleasure to meeting...
Click! The automatic lifebelt release on the Captain's bridge hurled a belt, coated with luminous paint, into the darkness. Click! The Captain's controller whirled from Full Speed Ahead to Full Speed Astern. Twenty-eight thousand figurative horses stopped galloping forward, galloped backward. Click, click, click! The powerful searchlights of the Augustus were switched on; and, as she stopped, lifeboats were lowered from whirring davits...
Then spoke Secretary of State Kellogg: "I believe it is a great step forward in civilization-a great moral step...