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Word: poorly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cheerful ignorance of foul regulations and poor conditioning makes House athletes the victims of their own bruising tactics. Without any clear idea of what constitutes an illegal play, teams resort to clipping rather than clean blocking, and stop a runner by useless, dangerous gang-tackles. Some system for adequate training in the fundamentals of football and a thorough explanation of the penalty regulations would cut down on the number of injuries and improve the quality of the game. However, a more explanation of the dangers inherent in a clip or rabbit punch cannot entirely clear the field of illegal plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snap, Crackle, Pop | 10/29/1947 | See Source »

...even the most rigidly enforced penalty system cannot avert injuries when the men playing House football are in poor physical condition. When players complained of the strict conditioning program of 1942 and 1943, a softic Athletic Department cased required training and the injury list blossomed. This year with only a week and a half of pre-season practice and only one day of practice per week, players are unable to maintain the stamina and hardness necessary to avoid injury. To add further to a general picture of murderous laxity, House teams do not always observe the meager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snap, Crackle, Pop | 10/29/1947 | See Source »

Then the war ended with a whimper. Vasily-Wilhelm hid out in the Carpathians among the Hutzuls, a poor Ukrainian mountain people whom he soon captivated with his Viennese charm. Then he caught typhoid fever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERIPATETICS: Ghost | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

Unable to compete on this favored level, undergraduates must rely on the circulation desk to supply those books not included on reading room shelves. With overflowing stalls and misplaced books defeating an already poor circulation system, well over forty percent of the books requested cannot be delivered. A more effective method for recalling stall caches and the enforcement of stack regulations regarding misplaced texts is necessary if Widener hopes to give undergraduates any degree of satisfaction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Waiting for Lamont | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...rather have no rally than a poor one like last week's," said Varsity football manager John P. Judkins '47 yesterday, thereby shifting tonight's pre-Dartmouth game festivities spotlight o the University Band's Sanders Theatre concert...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Team Nixes Rally And Leaves Green Spotlight to Band | 10/24/1947 | See Source »

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