Word: nil
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...desultory efforts of the Harvard cheering section. One would have thought the undergraduates cared little whether the team representing their own university won or lost. Last Saturday's game might as well have been played in Kansas City, for the psychological advantage of playing in the Stadium was nil. There was no singing, and the few cheers lost all value on account of their wretchedness...
...characterizations needed no explanation in 1884. Perhaps they do now. Blaine was regarded as worldly because of the Credit Mobilier and the "Burn this letter" episode. Cleveland was--well, fleshy; Brisbane's "girthy Princeton person" is remembered. And Butler--well, demortuis nil nisi bonum. Boston Transcript...
...history developed into as entertaining a romance as this is. The section of Richelieu's own record which is within this story has expressed the spirit of the Duke as we imagine him so well, that we wonder whether or not Zobel is not also a disciple of "Nil Mirari...
...graduate of the University now studying at the Harvard Law School has recently written to the California Alumni Fortnightly concerning Harvard, ... "Though the knowledge of the Western section of the country among the undergraduates," says the writer, "is almost nil, I find the graduate students are mostly from the West and South." The dormitories and the Union strongly impress the Californian. "All of us," he says, "who have seen the Harvard Union and its large service to the University recognize that such an institution is badly needed at California." Just at this moment it is well to receive this suggestion...
Blackall was given a lay-off for the day, and his place was taken by Houston. Captain Huntington took part in the scrimmage but his injured leg still gives him much trouble, and his offensive value to the team is practically nil. The other members of the squad are in good condition, but did not practice very hard, as it is desired that they be at the top of their form tomorrow...