Word: signal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard team had only light signal practice yesterday in preparation for the game. The line-up was the same as that in the Cornell game with the exception of right tackle, where Merriman was played instead of Haughton...
...work of the 'varsity eleven yesterday afternoon consisted chiefly of signal practice, although the first and second elevens lined up for two ten-minute halves at the end of the practice...
Cabot and Haughton were both injured in the practice, but both will begin the Cornell game on Saturday. Norton Shaw played his position during the signal practice, although Jaffray soon took his place in the line...
...trip during the long months of rehearsal and preparation adds to the work of the clubs an incentive which makes all the difference between a mediocre and a highly successful organization. The visits of the clubs to the various cities on their route, too, is always the signal for a large reunion of old Harvard men and undergraduates, at which the loyalty of both to Harvard is deepened and strengthed. Not infrequently these visits have been the cause directly or indirectly of the formation of flourishing and influential Harvard clubs...
Buddha himself said his whole doctrine was hard to comprehend. It is such an elaborate system of philosophy that it was very little understood by the common herd. Its signal weakness is that it has no place for ambition or human endeavor...