Word: gain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...slow innings--more than they have made in the last three games taken together. They secured only one clean hit from Hicks, who pitched for the Freshmen. Saturday's strenuous game took all the life out of the men, and they were content to allow the Freshmen to gain a big lead which they were unable to overcome. Captain Dexter, Leonard, and Howe were excused from practice and given a complete rest...
...Naked exulting in strength and life, They ran their race without thought of gain...
...greed for gain spare the sportsman's soul...
Several disadvantages occur from widely spread municipal ownership. Withdrawal of private capital would cause a great loss to the citizens. The actual working of governmental monopolies is slow and deadening, as the element of personal gain is entirely absent...
...attributes this lack of unity to the "adoration of the unbridled ego." Perhaps he is right, but we think it is rather the result of generations of individual thought and action which have made Harvard stand for what it does today. For the newspaper notoriety which our disagreements invariably gain, we are not to blame except as they originate from Harvard men, and renewed expressions of contempt in these cases are hardly necessary...