Word: manner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...team which has had the advantage of having played several of its important games. The West Point line, from tackle to tackle, is heavy and fast. Dean in the backfield is a very reliable drop-kicker, and has scored a majority of points in the other games in this manner...
...backfield, and this combination worked well together. Potter made 20 yards on the kick-off, and from that time the University team gained consistently until the second's 15-yard line was reached. There the second obtained the ball on downs, but immediately lost it in the same manner. An attempt to score by the University team was stopped when Maguire recovered an unsuccessful forward pass on the second's 25-yard line. At this point the first team line seemed to weaken, allowing the opposing backs 25 yards in four-line plunges. A forward pass, on the next play...
Every college graduate presumably aims to reach an administrative position as soon as possible after graduating, for this class of work commands the greatest respect and offers the largest pecuniary reward. In executive positions, ability to control subordinates without friction and in a manner that will promote efficiency is essential...
...Choate contributes an appreciation of the late Chief Justice Fuller, which repeats the high praise given by all who knew the man. "There was a quiet repose of manner about him--the hall-mark of the true gentleman--and as manners make the man, this greatly emphasized the respect and growing reverence in which he was held as time went on. The gentleness and kindly courtesy of his nature won for him the tender regard and affection of all who came in contact with him, and I never heard of the defeated suitor, or the disappointed advocate, or of anybody...
Except for the fact that the membership has fallen off to a small extent, the ninth year of the Union has been a success. A few minor changes have been made in the plant, but on the whole the Union has been run in the same manner as in former years. The patronage of the restaurant is still not great enough to cover expenses, and the treasurer's annual report showed that over one-half the total loss for the year was due to this cause...