Word: limitable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...free from affectations. His utterances should be simple and concise; his manner of speaking and even his dress, unnoticeable. The mistake most frequently made by beginners is a failure to plan the proportions of speeches in court, so that bad results are effected under the one-hour limit rule. Selecting from a mass of evidence the one or two vital points upon which the case will turn is as important in trials as strategy in a battle. Generally the most effective method of examining witnesses is to assume that the witness is trying to tell the truth, and find...
...represent the University in the intercollegiate meet, to take place at the West Side Republican club, New York, on December 22, 23 and 24. In this meet the teams will play one match each day, and the play will take place afternoon and evening, if necessary. The time limit for each man will be 15 moves an hour. The order of play is as follows...
...slippery field. In the second half, by the hardest kind of individual work and an occasional welding together into something like effective team play the eleven made short but consistent gains. The defense, excellent throughout except in kick formations, taxed Yale's superior offensive strength to the limit till the last play of the game, and was, unexpectedly, the redeeming feature of the team's play. Against opponents of uniformly greater experience the line men played a far better game than they were believed to be capable of; and when Yale's powerful mass plays succeeded in penetrating the line...
...match tonight a time limit will be enforced of 20 moves for each man during the first hour, and 15 moves during each succeeding hour. Games not finished by 12 o'clock will be adjudicated...
...University chess team defeated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team last evening in the Union, by the score of 8 to 3. Two of the games were not finished within the time limit and will be adjudicated. Following are the players and their scores: HARVARD. TECHNOLOGY. Games. Bridgman, 0 Goddard, 1 Brackett, 0 McClure, 1 Cogswell, 0 Howland, 1 Fiske, 1 Granger, 0 Utley, 1 Abbot, 1 Brown, 1 Broderick, 1 Crosby, 0 Totals, 8 Games. Lowrie, 0 Edmunds, 0 Morey, 0 Helpern, 0 Cline, 1 Newton, 0 Ternan, 0 Playfair, 1 Swett, 0 Hermis, 0 Van Hook, 0 Lyon...