Word: slight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harding's majority was not a surprisingly large one. In the Medical School alone did the Republican decisively defeat Cox. In that department Harding polled 100 votes to the 51 of Cox. The Faculty vote, however, favored Cox by a slight majority. In the College Harding reaped the most telling vote, leading by over 100 votes. Debs polled the remarkably large total of 110 votes, 60 of which came from the Socialist element in the College. The other candidates were hardly in the running...
...Worcester kicked to their 40-yard line, but incomplete passes and a blocked punt enabled them to recover the ball and reach the middle of the field by the end of the half. The third period was a kicking duel with Gherke's consistent punts giving the Freshmen a slight advantage. In the final quarter came the fumble that decided the game: Jenkins ran back Worchester's kick-off to their 35-yard line but dropped the ball. An Academy back recovered the fumble and raced 60 yards for a touchdown...
...warm weather the University soccer scrimmage held between Teams A and B yesterday was very short. The 1924 candidates, under the direction of Coach Nicoll, likewise had a slight workout. The yearlings are rapidly rounding into form...
...College, new students and men contemplating taking the R. O. T. C. course, may gain some idea of the work of the department. Besides the new guns, there are some war-worn pieces of material that have been presented to the College by the French Government as a slight appreciation of the service rendered to France by Harvard men during the war. These guns have been turned over to the Military Department, and until suitable permanent places can be found for them they have been placed, two in front of, and one on each side of the library steps...
...tendency to enact uncertain laws seems to be increasing, and, what is still worse, the people tolerate it and there are but faint demands for improvement. Intent on some immediate exigency, and with slight consideration of the larger issues, we create autocratic power by giving administrative officials who can threaten indictment the opportunities of criminal statutes, without any appropriate definition of crime...