Word: odd
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson nine scored first in the opening frame when three walks and a sacrifice hit scored Jones. Thereafter Harvard added other tallies in the odd innings until the fifth when Coach Mitchell's sluggers went on a rampage. Chase, Lord, and Chauncey, of the first four men to come to the plate in that canto, hit Thomas for clean singles. An error in centerfield on Ullman's hit brought in several runs and placed Ullman on second. Donaghy followed with a smashing single. The Wesleyan infielders tossed the ball around a while and when they were through Ullman had scored...
Discussions of the moral aspects of birth control have brought forth some odd contentions. It is maintained that birth control would cause racial deterioration; in the first place because the opportunity of producing genius is restricted, and in the second place because the opportunity of producing genius is restricted, and in the third place because there is an association between fine minds and feeble bodies. It is the type of argument that impresses the layman, being made so dogmatically that he feels that it must have some basis of fact. The first point becomes absurd when once one realizes where...
...close of the annual Phillips Brooks House drive for clothing brings with it a perfusion of figures showing what articles of apparel are most willingly cast off by college students. Ties, were contributed in greatest number and some 300 odd will be sent to the Near East for the Armenians...
Next in order came 118 pair of shoes with 15 odd ones thrown in ranging from patent leather pumps to ragged sneakers. Trousers, coats, and articles of underwear came next in the race for quantity ranging from 105 to 87 articles, vests lagging far behind, only 51 being contributed. The other articles of clothing contributed included overcoats, bats and caps, shirts, collars, socks, bath robes, and sweaters...
...with such vernal splendor as mid-April has brought in its train. And Boston's Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays will be only less happy for some time to come than its Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Winthrop Ames is producing Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" at the Plymouth on the odd days of each week and "The Pirates of Penzance" on the even days...