Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...usually the older generation which holds firm in well-grooved paths the car of progress; it is the younger men who supply much of the energy and who usually point out the new directions in which progress may move. With proper flexibility and sane guidance both perform a highly valuable function in civilization. But when conservatism becomes reactionary, and when radicalism becomes flighty, the car is in danger of losing its balance...
...Navy eleven was outclassed from the start. Time after time the heavy Army backs smashed through the line for big gains while the Navy backs could make little impression on the West Point forwards. The game was played on a rain-soaked field, which made it rather difficult for the players who attempted end runs. Both teams tried the forward pass, but it was rarely successful. Oliphant, who made both touchdowns, and McEwan starred for the Army, and Craig played well for the Navy...
...University chess team will meet the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team in a six-board match in Fairfax 6 this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The two teams are very evenly matched, Technology having won the last contest with the University by a single point. In order to accelerate the play a time limit of one hour per 18 moves has been...
...eleven in the fourth game of the intercollegiate series on Soldiers Field this afternoon. The Cornell squad will arrive in Cambridge this morning and will lunch at the Varsity Club with the University team. Each team has played four games in the series and at present Cornell is one point above the University, having tied one game. Yesterday afternoon the University squad had final practice and much time was devoted to accurate goal-shooting, the team's one great weakness. In the games so far the University eleven has shown much strength on the offensive and defensive and yesterday...
...strength in the Crimson eleven that made the forty-one to nothing score,--as much strength and courage as there was methodical instruction. But if the Yale News asked whence came the inspiration which wrought that courage into a spirited determination and that strength into an invincible tenacity, we point to Coach Haughton...