Word: predict
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...outcome is difficult to predict, but whatever it may be, posterity cannot help admiring the courage and patriotism of the small Greek state in provoking war with a much stronger nation in the face of the Powers-an act of daring that has had no equal in modern if in ancient times...
...which they hold dear. The custom is sentimental; the behavior of the gentlemen is just as inelegant about the "Tree" as it is on the football field; but nevertheless should the Corporation put it to a vote of the Seniors, of the whole University, or of the graduates, I predict that each of these bodies will declare with practical unanimity against the total abolition of the scrimmage. Even if fastidiousness is not encouraged too much at Harvard today, I think most of us feel that the display of wholesome sentiment is encouraged too little. The Corporation, I am sure, will...
...Japan at this day Buddhism and Christianity have come into deadly combat and no person can predict the result. The combat is rather a friendly discussion of truths than a strife between the upholders of the two religions...
...doubtless unnecessary to call the attention of students to the announcement of Professor Trowbridge's lecture which appears in another column. The interest taken in the recent experiments of Professor Trowbridge in cathode ray photography has been widespread, and it is safe to predict that the seating capacity of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory will be severely tested at the first lecture on this subject this evening. Interest in the work of Professor Trowbridge has not been confined to the University by any means. The whole scientific world has watched with attention the results of his experiments with this wonderful kind...
...Harvard Students who have taken Professor Alfred Hennequin's course on "The Technique of the Drama," at the New England College of Languages, 120 Tremont street, predict that the course which the professor begins Monday, the 13th inst. at 4 p. m., will be popular with our students. See advertisement on back page...