Word: slights
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Maxwell was not of this number, and his name was set down under "missing" in the official casualty lists. Of Maxwell's company only twenty men survived and of his own platoon not one. The chance that he still lives, a prisoner in Germany, is said to be very slight, as none of the battalion were made prisoners...
...comparison of the University and Cornell shows that Cornell has a slight advantage, each having won two major sport events, while Cornell has won three and the University two minor sport events...
...second and Freshman eights rowed to the Navy Yard, and on the way back a very pretty race was held between these boats. The Freshmen rowing four points higher than the seconds soon caught a slight lead and the race was neck and neck until the last drive, when Crew B raised the stroke and finished two lengths ahead of the 1919 men. The second crew is still poor at a low stroke, but much improvement was seen today in this race against a heavy wind and tide...
...beaten in any way by the senior members of the camp, for the 70-foot yacht "Needle" was brought into play to transport the 1919 men to the other end of Fisher's Island. They also spent the day there, and on the way home assisted in extinguishing a slight blaze on the launch "Raccoon" which was in danger of being destroyed. Red Top also furnishes training for firemen...
When interviewed by the CRIMSON'S representative on the train to Chicago yesterday afternoon, Governor McCall of Massachusetts expressed the view that Justice Hughes would certainly be the Republican choice in the first few ballots, and that the choice of a dead-lock was very slight...