Word: slips
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...foreshadowed warmth of the greeting is naturally pleasing to the President-elect. But there is, happily no indication that he has been swept from his moorings to modesty. The habits of a lifetime tether him to this valuable quality, and it is clear he would prefer to slip in among his colleagues with no brass band blaring. But the esteem in which he is held on both sides of the chamber is scarcely to be denied. Even though there is no formal ceremony, his committee room is not likely to be vacant...
...necessary that the candidate should dissertate on his own merits or virtues, in order that his classmates may become acquainted with him. But isn't it only fair that a class officer, or a candidate for class office, should be more than a name on a slip of paper...
...Assistant Manager will be appointed from among that group next spring and will serve in that capacity until his Senior year, when he will become Manager. In the future, competition will be open only to members of the Sophomore class. Juniors then should not allow this opportunity to slip...
...line was a matter of but a few rushes. Within the next eight minutes an open field dash by Buell, followed by some punishing of the opponents' line, carried the ball inside the five-yard line, where the advance was temporarily checked, only to have Gratwick eventually slip off tackle for the score. Humphrey signalized his entry to the game by the hardest running he has done this year; his dashes that ripped off 15 yards at a whack again placed the ball in the shadow of the goal posts between which Buell warily booted his neat goal just before...
...youngster soon succeeded in giving the slip to the harrassed members of the New Haven representation, whose cars were unable to tread the treacherous path known only to the fleeing ten-year old. Deprived of their quarry, the Elis turned to vent their anger upon the University quarters at Red Top and swept down on the deserted Crimson camp- deserted except for six waiters. The Yale oarsmen dashed to the flag-pole and started off, but were checked in their flight by the valiant forces of the waiting squad. There followed an unequal hand-to-hand contest in which...