Word: regain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...bright hope is offered that chess may again obtain the high place its history demands, and the amusement and relaxation of Khufu, of Solomon and of Archimedes, regain its ancient luster. The sightless couriers of the air have been harnessed to bring unseen thought from the far corners of the earth. The very winds will rattle to the messages of opposing plays, even as they now rattle to the cabalistic numerals of the quarterbacks on any Saturday afternoon. What incentive will be given to the young Edisons, with their apparatus of chicken wire and a clothes pole, to catch from...
...third race was won by Pennsylvania at the Hartford Armory games, chiefly because Teschner slipped at the start and lost a few yards which the others could not regain. Here each man ran a quarter mile instead of the usual 390 yards. The fast time of 3 minutes 31 2-5 seconds was registered by the Pennsylvania quartet. The University team was the same as in the previous races...
...bill will now go to the Senate, where attempts will probable be made to substitute other bills. This, however, has little bearing on the University's interest in the case, for whatever change is made in the bill, so long as it is passed, the University will regain the right to carry the crimson banner in parades. If the bill is passed by the Senate it will be returned to the House for enactment, will go back to the Senate for enactment, and will finally go to the governor for approval...
...defence. In addition to these men, many who were valuable substitutes in 1914 will return, and several promising candidates from the 1918 team will be out. As many of the best players on the championship University of Pennsylvania team are seniors, Harvard will have a good chance to regain the title...
...strengthened today by the return of E. Trenkmann and McLean. Trenkmann, the veteran guard, has only been out since the Dartmouth game, and so should have but little trouble getting back into shape, but McLean has been out longer, and will probably have a hard week's work to regain his form...