Word: leaners
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...sour beer and cider of those days. Pie was introduced, after many riots, and we are told that, such was the durability of this dainty, thrifty students were wont to fasten their share to the bottom of the table with a fork (after forks had been introduced!) against leaner times...
...touched 5.83. But the earnings of this January resulted from much larger gross receipts, although operating expenses had exceeded those of January, 1922, by more than 20 per cent. This increased expense has, of course, largely been occasioned by much needed purchasing and repairing of equipment, impossible during previous leaner years. If the expansion of trade continues, railroad gross receipts should continue large, and permit a continued policy of improving equipment; this should in turn begin to reduce the item of " maintenance," which has naturally been proportionately heavy while old equipment had to be used. Such a policy is always...
...late hour last night the honors stood about even, each outfit having induced one "ringer" and one "leaner" to join the ranks. Stars will abound on all sides, and it is rumored that the river men will uncover their latest plans for breaking the ice. Despite the bravado of the Cabin Boys from the Charles, the odds have been set at 23 to 13, in favor of the custodians of the puck bag. Past performances give them the edge, for although they lack team-work and have no great individual brilliance, they have undoubtedly made it hot for the University...