Word: nigh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attack was well-nigh invincible, forwards, runs and punts all coming from the versatile O'Hearn who proved himself a master in the art of triple threat. But it must be admitted that Princeton was not as formidable against Yale as against the University the preceding week. Handicapped by the loss of Keck early in the game, the Tiger eleven seemed to miss his inspiring presence and to lack the drive which they possessed the Saturday before. But no credit must be taken from Yale, they have overcome the defeats of years by conquering Princeton, and today they will seek...
...well-nigh over a century since the Jew has been let out of the grim ghettos to fight the battle of conscience and convenience in this strange world in which he had been placed by the turning fortunes of his history. As yet no adequate solution has been found. Some, weary with the long struggle, throw the burden of inheritance overboard, and thus emancipated, freed, and untrammeled, set out to claim their share of the world's goods, in which they are quite often very successful. But instead of being welcomed by the world, they are not infrequently regarded...
...office force, handicapped even as it is by lack of physical equipment, should certainly function in a more organized manner. For instance, the business of the Elective Office should never have been so concentrated in one person, that when the person left this year, the office found itself well-nigh helpless,--a ship without a rudder. It is true that when errors occur involving an undergraduate's standing, the deans will always rectify them,--the deans are ever willing to hear all complaints but the fact that an error is always corrected does not justify it in the beginning...
...muted cadence, drawing ever nigh...
...reaping their wheat in the latter part of June, and with the present shortage of labor, need at the help they can get. It is a tremendous task to gather a harvest in the vast western fields, and under the handicap of a lack of men, it appears well-nigh overwhelming. Outside of the work itself, then, employment harvest help is essentially patriotic. Physically, it offers healthful exercise in the outdoors; the exertion and the novelty are not too great for the average college man. As for wages, seventy cents an hour and board is paid. Altogether, the opportunity...