Word: prone
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Watson of Cambridge is entered for the weights. From the look of these athletes one would be prone to suggest that from point of size the Englishmen would be wise if they were to make sprinters of their weight-men and weight-men of their sprinters. Murphy at present figures on winning seven out of the eleven events, namely, the one hundred yards run and three hundred yards run, broad jump, the hammer and shot and the two hurdle races. Of these, the most in doubt are the three hundred yards run and the two hurdles, while the other four...
American society lacks individuality. There is an artificiality in it all that deprives it of life and freedom. In the various grades of society, aristocracy and democracy are prone to assert themselves to excess. A man who emphasizes his aristocracy shows that he is ignorant of the true position of aristocracy; the man who boasts of his democracy does the greatest harm to the cause of democracy...
Half hearted support is almost as bad as no support at all and many a Harvard team has lost partly because it has had to fight a battle against Yale and part of Harvard. The students here have been altogether too prone to leave the gaining of victories entirely to the teams without feeling that they ought also to have a hand in the matter. Every one of us has heard time and time again of "Yale sand," "Yale pluck" and even "Yale luck"; yet what have these terms meant? Practically nothing but this, that the Yale supporters have...
Both sides were altogether too prone to offside play and holding in the line. Mr. Brooks was obliged to stop play so many times that the interest was greatly dulled. The judgment of the referee was not always the best...
...their practice yesterday was equally disappointing. The college does not, however, in spite of these untoward circumstances, look forward to a defeat from Yale '94. It expects its representatives to play a game of which they may be proud; and a game which will bring victory. The college is prone to this opinion because it believes that the freshmen have enough energy to take a big "brace" in the next three days. If the '94 nine shows that this confidence has been misplaced, it will have succeeded in bringing disgrace upon itself. The college will not endure...