Word: halts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Those in favor of discarding the amateur rules argue that such a move would make for a spectacular, open game, more interesting to players and spectators alike. Minute off sides and insignificant kicks frequently halt play in a fashion not only boring to the spectators but to the players themselves, they say. There's also no clause in the amateur code to prevent packing the defense, a practice which produces dull hockey, witness the performance of Marquette not so long ago. All of that is certainly true and sound enough, but there's something to be said on the other...
...appeared that all Scot MacDonald seriously contemplated was that there should be a continuation of the Washington Treaty halt in capital ship building for six years more, the whole subject to be reviewed at another conference...
...defensive strength of the University basketball team will face a severe test when it is called upon to halt the powerful attack of the West Point quintet at Hemen way gymnasium at 8.15 o'clock this evening in the first major home game of the season, and the last contest until the end of the midyear examination period...
...vast majority of Harvard undergraduates. In fact, despite scattered allegations to the contrary, it is difficult to see how drinking could have been more universal or widespread in Eastern colleges in the decades before Prohibition than it is right now. The University authorities make no serious attempts to halt liquor consumption--no more than do the local police in New York City. The effort would be wasted and could hardly be made with complete sincerity by the parties concerned...
Claim of the Black Duck's lone survivor: no warnings to halt were given; the crew "didn't have a chance...