Word: predict
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact he claimed to have written most of that 45,000-word document. He had served as Speaker of the first State Legislature, only to be beaten for Governor in 1910. Elected in 1912 to the House of Representatives he was beaten in 1916 because he dared to predict that President Wilson, instead of "keeping us out of War" would put us in. In 1918 he made a second futile attempt at the Governorship, then retired to Tishomingo to bide his time...
Comment on the effectiveness of the sweeping changes adopted by the National Football Rules Committee yesterday will have to be reserved for next autumn when the new rules are tried out in actual play. It is fairly safe, however, to predict the success of some of them, while others will have to be viewed with considerable doubt. There is little question but that the rules requiring padded equipment, liberalizing the use of substitutes, and preventing the use of a wedge on the kick-off will all meet with approval and have a beneficial effect. They all concern mere technicalities...
...Harvard. In the fall just past Harvard 150's played one 150-pound opponent (Yale), while the Yale 150's played the four other institutions in the East that have thus far established 150-pound teams (Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Villanova). Although I risked my name in so doing, I predict that the lightweight game will be even more popular than it has thus far proven if we play the 150-pound teams of these Eastern Institutions, i.e., if we have the 150's as they were originally intended, a football team representing Harvard...
...going to grow sweeter and more tractable? Not much, And then how long do you think it will be before we are all engaged in the time-honored pastime of using up all our wealth, both human and material, in a nasty fight? No long. I should venture to predict...
...early to predict the effect of the Houses, or to know how far they will fulfill the hopes of those who sponsored them; for they are a new experiment, and some years must pass before they acquire permanent traits and traditions. But they have started well, Their members--undergraduates, tutors and associates--seem happy and contented, and few serious obstacles have arisen. The masters and senior tutors have succeeded in the difficult task of selecting the applicants, so that each House contains a fair cross-section of the student body--an undertaking larger than it ever will be again, because...