Word: gaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Four times the sailors threatened to score, but on each occasion the Army's defence was able to stop the advance. On two of these times the ball was well within the five-yard line, and once with one yard to gain on the fourth down the reserves attempted a forward pass, which failed, however, to score the winning points...
...growth of these activities is useful not merely for the contribution they make to the intellectual life of the public surrounding our colleges. The institutions themselves stand to gain by building up such a "department of the exterior." The deeper root the colleges take in the actual life and environment of the people around them the more healthy their own life as academies is bound to become. And the contribution is sometimes specific as well as general. In one New England college the course of lectures on ethical problems which a professor arranged for a series of Sunday night meetings...
...them all come back, physically marred, yet alive; they had not killed this Goliath but they had given him a must entertaining afternoon. The score does not show how close the game really was; the Informals played better than they ken how. They plowed through Black for gain after gain; they spilled Barrett time after time, they even out punted him. It was a great exhibition of fight and "pep." Before the game the betting was merely as to how large a score over thirty points Black's men would roll up; as the game progressed...
While occupied in various lines of missionary activity, he has made four trips around the world as well as many more shorter travels. During his stay in each country visited, he has been able through his position of trust to gain an inside view of the national affairs, and political and popular feelings of each nation. In recognition of his services in missionary and international enterprises, the University of Edinburgh conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. in June...
...scrimmage began with the ball in the middle of the field. The informal backfield with B. S. Blanchard '20, and R. Hoffman '19, alternating on line plunges and off-tackle plays were not able to gain consistently through the Navy line including such strong players as Adams of Tufts and C. A. Clark, Jr., '19, on the right side of the line and at left end strecker who played a strong game in the Army-Navy athletic carnival. I. G. Coolidge '20, made several good gains around the ends. The informals repeatedly tried forward passes, but were not successful...