Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Princeton professor has at the latest discovered that the temperature on Mars is perpetually far down in the minus zero roll. This is taken as proof that there is no life on Mars. It explains something more. It explains Mars uncommunicativeness...
...advocates of the proposed system of universal military training realize that not one of our foreign wars was undertaken in self-defence, and that our country has never been attacked, even when its navy was almost a minus quantity? Again, shall we disregard the testimony of such military experts as General Erasmus Weaver, who has assured the House Committee on Military Affairs that our coast defences are inferior to none in the world, or shall we lose eight of our system of mines, submarines and fortifications, which Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt declares make "a navy almost...
...which the Crimson players came off with a 4 to 2 advantage. There was a let down in rigid discipline during the last ten minutes, when Abbott, in full goal regalia, starred in the forward line. The scrimmage ended when Abbott and Wendell collided, and the latter found himself minus a front tooth. Both teams set a fast pace at the start of the scrimmage, although the University seven did not look quite as good as they did against the substitutes the day before. Percy was given a day off, Condon taking his place and scoring the team's third...
...defeated the St. Nicholas Hockey Club by scoring three goals in the second period after the New York team had led throughout the first, the final score being 4 to 2. Although the victory was a creditable one to the collegians, it was scored against a St. Nicholas team minus the services of "Hobey" Baker and in a very much weakened condition. Nevertheless the change in the spirit of the team in the second half of the game showed that a strong and confident seven is being developed at New Haven. Armour and Kelly were the stars of the forward...
...registered in a Cambridge department of the University and whose work for the academic year amounts to two and one-half courses or more, must pay the second instalment of the tuition fee of $50 at the Bursar's Office before 1 o'clock today. The entire tuition fee minus the amount paid is the payment required of every student whose work for the whole year is to be less than two and one-half courses. The above defined dues must be paid before 1 o'clock...