Word: push
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Union have grown to be so frequent that most of them no longer excite comment. But to-day a test is put on "Harvard indifference" that will be hard to face, without flinching. Even the most callous must blanch at the thought--the Union is installing a system of push-buttons and bell-hops...
This game, the first scheduled contest of the season, resulted in a 10 to 7 set back for the yearlings. The Freshmen, handicapped by their lack of practice, showed marked inability to push the ball over the goal line and a fatal tendency to fumble in critical moments. Besides this, the game was loosely played and marred by frequent penalties. In this game I. M. Carnogie showed himself to be one of the most consistent ground-gainers of the eleven...
...hoped to gain peaceably. Her opponents, the Jugo-Slavs and their wire-pullers in Belgrade, have always been at a disadvantage of which they are well aware. Italy's military prestige and the moral support that the Treaty of London gave to her attempts, have made them afraid to push matters too far; all they have been hoping for is that they may be well paid to give up the contest. Happily, Italy has been wise enough to see this...
Inability to push the ball over when within striking distance and a persistent tendency to fumble at critical moments proved the undoing of the Freshmen in Saturday's contest with the light Worcester Academy team, when they were defeated 10-7. In the second period the yearlings rushed from the middle of the field to their opponents' three-yard line in six plays, then lost the ball on downs; while a fumble in the last quarter was responsible for the winning touchdown. The entire game was loosely played and marred by numerous penalties...
...convention leaders can push it through, Lodge's stand on the League of Nations as summed up in his keynote speech and backed by the speech of Chauncey M. Depew, former senator from New York, will be adopted as a campaign issue. Opposition to the convention leaders will be in the main from the liberal group on one hand and the Johnson group on the other. Indeed, many delegates, objecting to the reactionary tone of Depew and Lodge, stood up in their seats and shouted for Beveridge to speak. In response, Lodge stated that he would present him tomorrow...