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Word: narrowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been justly observed that one of the great faults in athletics throughout the country is the stress laid on Varsity teams almost to the point of ignoring men who can add nothing to the potential strength of those teams. The feeling at Harvard is opposed to this narrow outlook. This year certainly the principal athletic policy has been to widen the scope of sport to include as many men as possible, and to provide them not only with facilities but with competent coaching. In crew, the number for whom we have thus provided is considerable. Last fall thirty-two crews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREW SUMMONS IS GIVEN FOR MONDAY | 2/2/1927 | See Source »

...Neil '28, W. C. Peet '28, and G. A. Tupper '29 in the feature one-mile relay against the Universities of Maryland and Virginia two of the fastest baton carrying combinations in the country. Tupper starred on his Freshman relay team. The Crimson stick passers were defeated by a narrow margin in the Knights of Columbus 1560 yard relay when the Holy Cross runners broke the tape a few yards in the lead. The addition of Haggerty to the combination, however, will materially strengthen Harvard's chances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUNNERS JOURNEY TO MILLROSE MEET | 2/2/1927 | See Source »

...variegated public than is served by metropolitan reviews and having at it disposal less space, must meet a unique situation. It has been trying throughout its existence to find a general plan to suit a college public. On its face the task does not appear great. If space is narrow and the public limited, proportions at least remain normal. This would be fundamentally true also if it were evident upon what grounds of limitation, the choice of books should proceed. It is the perplexity of selection that renders the proper solution of the question difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PROBLEM OF CHOICE | 1/18/1927 | See Source »

...royal or imperial blood. He is an all 'round sportsman with a keen interest in baseball. His attire, when he landed from the Majestic, was faultless to the point of being inconspicuous: a derby hat, black coat, black suit, black tie and a correct white mourning shirt with narrow black stripes. Yet neither shopgirls nor stenographers yearned at him from high windows, or stood upon sidewalks to ogle up at "The Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Personable Prince | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...mucker football player who not only gouges eyes and kicks groins when on the field, but also spends every waking moment in poisoning coffee, writing fake telegrams, hiring kidnapers, etc., etc. Had such a character ever existed in U. S. business, he would have been notorious far beyond the narrow confines of the stove trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Books | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

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