Word: mule
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heels of the Army mule became inextricably tangled in the horns of the Navy goat and the game at the Polo Grounds, Manhattan, ended in a scoreless tie. A heavy field robbed the game of spectacle. Coach John J. McEwan, Army, former all-American centre, paid tribute to his opponents thus: " The Navy team that was on the field against us to-day is the luckiest Navy team that ever played football...
...indication of the propaganda which the I. W. W. are carrying on in Los Angeles. It is published about 25% in Spanish and carries such slogans as: Boycott all California-made Goods and Motion Pictures. You Cannot Fight the Boss and Booze at the Same Time. Be Like a Mule and Kick if Conditions Don't Suit You; Remember: "An Injury to One is an Injury to All" (motto...
...without a leaning towards any college activity would probably take his share of the newly prescribed college life much as a small boy takes his dose of castor oil. Perhaps, after all, this move at Middlebury is a feint, in strict accordance with the tactics of the Missouri mule "skinner", to drive the student back to his studies...
Meanwhile, this whole scheme appears to be an argument in, favor of compulsory attendance, which is needed for these disciplinary reason. It is, in fact, the strongest argument that has been found. But the system is a rather large mule for such a small pack. The millenium will have to find a substitute. It is an object which, like the Mikado's, "we shall achieve in time...
...have been having difficulty in finding feed for our pack-mules recently, because the tropical vegetation was too rich for their constitutions, and dried grass was not available. Therefore one of the natives ingeniously suggested that the bunches of leaves be used for feed. He proceeded to pick up a bunch and give it to a mule hitched nearby. The animal sniffed at it, bit off one leaf and drew it into his mouth, then ejected it in evident distaste...