Word: major
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...performing in Minneapolis, said time would prove him innocent.-ED. Brent & Canterbury Sirs: Seeing in TIME that the Archbishop of Canterbury was yachting on the luxurious Corsair with Multi-Millionaire Morgan, reminded me of the late Bishop Brent, of New York State, and a different scene. I was with Major General Henry C. Corbin on the Benguet road going from Baguio to Manila in an army (Doherty) wagon. At noon we outspanned for luncheon. Smoking in the shade after chicken and ham and iced wine, we descried an ass coming up the steep ascent with a dusty figure...
...vote proved two things; 1) The Hoover 1928 victory in four Southern States carried no weight in the Senate where Democrats (with two exceptions) joined solidly against him and for the Debenture Plan; 2) The nine-year coalition of Democrats and Progressive Republicans still held a whip hand over major legislation, despite the G. O. P.'s paper majority of 17 votes...
...attribute the difference between major and minor sports to the fact that "Because football attracted more spectators than soccer or lacrosse, and therefore gave its players more publicity, the idea arose that football was a nobler sport, and that its devotees were to be honored above the run of ordinary men." Is it not more probably true that the stiffer competition involved in major sports should of itself evoke a greater reward? After all a man who has one or two competitors for a position is less deserving of recognition than one who is successful in winning out over...
...minor letter without any strings attached to it would do more than remove a tangle of cumbersome formalities that now attend the recognition of many teams. It would go far toward placing all sports on the basis of parity which they deserve. The division of sports into "major" and "minor" is a remnant of the days when there attached to each game a certain individual glory that was saleable off the athletic field. Because football attracted more spectators than soccer or lacrosse, and therefore gave its players more publicity, the idea arose that football was a nobler sport, and that...
...have already mentioned that the Harvard Council does not approve of decision debating, and it would seem that this alone is sufficient reason for dropping out of the League, in as much as the very existence of this association implies that judging and decisions are of major importance. On top of this, however, appears the financial problem. It costs approximately $75 to send a team to Philadelphia. The League schedule provides for three trips away from Cambridge and the entertainment of three visiting teams in Cambridge. The League chooses the questions. These debates have not proved popular in Cambridge...