Word: often
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...often does the better team win? If p is .65, it is obvious--by binomial probability--that .8 is the answer...
However, as is often the case, these optimistic predictions proved to be the kiss of death for Cornell. A long string of injuries cut down the Ithacans to such an extent that only a last-game victory over Penn saved them from a winless season...
...factors: lack of feminine companionship, a feeling of isolation, compensation for being frustrated in the academic and social ends of college life, and the intensely ambitious young men Harvard seems to attract. Undergraduates, many of whom have been accustomed to a large amount of ego-gratification before entrance, often find themselves made more ambitious by the frustrations of this university. This need for appreciation and power very often take the form of desire for political advancement...
...uniqueness of Harvard society produces an unusual type of political organization. Now it may be true that many student politicians are motivated by self-interest, but at least a few work for other ideals than their own self-advancement. At Harvard, however, political clubs too often seem to be mere instruments in the striving for power of the individuals composing them. There is very little work done for the party, most of the energy available is dissipated in seeking offices within the club itself...
...artist simply distinguishes his untitled works as landscapes, seascapes or floral studies, leaving articulation to his brush and the imagination. Often it is difficult to determine which fit even these broad categories, as Rosenborg's work, neither non-objective nor allegorical, alludes mystically to nature as a vehicle alone. Brilliant bouquets of color, often straight from the tube, alternate with misty formations of warm, mellow light. Seldom is any linear element whatsoever introduced. Rosenborg's variations on a theme of color harmonies are as much the point as his eulogy of nature...