Word: hopeless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stand the strain of that stroke which dragged them up from the bottom of the boat. The Crimson showed a length of open water between the bow and the leaders by now and Brown's plucky attempts to spurt went almost unnoticed. The Harvard eight was fighting in a hopeless race. With only a quarter of a mile Leh called for more power and speed, and inch by inch began to draw away from the Navy boat, exhausted by its spurt. The rest of the race was Princeton's, and she crossed the line a fourth of a length...
...nations of the world would on the other hand afford an effective way of exerting pressure on Germany. If the United States were a member of the League of Nations and had a representative on the Reparations Commission, our influence, I believe, would have prevented the present absurd and hopeless situation and might have brought the problem well towards its solution...
...accidental death of her husband in the war, and the complications which result when, in seeking rest and change incognito at an inn in Cornwall, she falls in love with the man whose mistake killed her husband. The introduction of more confusing circumstances tangle events into an apparently hopeless situation, from which she is released with more than usual verisimilitude...
With some such rule improvement in play and rules would be immediate and continuous. Instead of one rusher taking the ball for a hopeless plunge he would be disgraced to be tackled before passing it. Coaches would work out a multitude of outlets for passing combinations using all line men to carry the ball. This would put an end to the brutal line duels, as all line men would be needed both on offence and defence to follow the ball. It would be an infinitely more elastic game, yet with the old American idea of team play and signals...
...hear some prominent speaker, to be partially suffocated whenever they do so? This condition certainly does not aid athletic meetings; for how can one cheer when he is having difficulty in breathing; and who is going to be ready to repeat the experience? A stranger, watching the hopeless overcrowding at the Union Tuesday evening would certainly ask. "Why don't they hold such meetings in a hall of adequate size?" And those familiar with Harvard would have to answer, "We have no hall of adequate size, or even any approaching adequate size; in fact, the Union is the best accommodation...