Word: short
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Penn and Columbia are also both short on practice for the week, leaving MIT as the only opponent entering the race well prepared...
Using carefully chosen short words, the robust young lady, Marguerite Miltzow, politely stated that "I have been informed that your college specializes in the field of camping and outdoor information." The letter arrived at the Outing Club office...
...first item of note is the list of lettermen lost by graduation. It is a short list, including two firststringers and only six other squad members. This seems more than overbalanced by 25 (twenty-five) returning lettermen from 1948, two lettermen from 1947, seven non-lettermen from last fall, 20 "leading" candidates from the freshman team, and "some other candidates (8)," a category including four transfers, two freshmen from 1947, a member of last season's B squad, and a non-letterman varsity player...
Valpey then selected six teams which he classified as the "field," and estimated that out of these squads two would rise to national prominence either through good personnel or a tailor-made schedule. The "field" contained Princeton (which needs backs), Dartmouth (lacking a left side of the line). Brown (short on ends and tackles), Penn, Penn State...
...visiting newshawks were given a free rein on questions and drinking water, but Valpey's short talk was so disarming and complete that nobody could think up anything to ask him after he finished...