Word: slow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After seven barren years and two successive defeats it is only natural to be wary and to keep a finger on the trigger. But, cautious and slow as he may be, John is a sturdy old gentleman, with all the determination of his ancestors who lived in the woods and treated with the Indians, and he has never quailed before the dog from New Haven or the tiger from the Princeton jungle. Today he knows that the sages are counting him out, are backing the tiger in the annual stalking match. But he remembers the advice of his even more...
...inclined to believe that a continuation of flights--especially with the same unrepaired planes--will eventually lead to disaster. Indeed Lieutenant Williams narrowly missed crashing into a squad of bombers which were meandering along at a poor sixty or ninety miles an hour. He did not bother to slow up, for according to him it is "just as well to hit them...
...spite of the slow track yesterday the sprinters and distance men chalked up some unusually good records in the fall handicap track meet. In the 220 Brooks at scratch finished a foot behind Bunker, who was given six yards and who made the distance in 23 seconds flat. With a five yard handicap Chapin took the 880 in 2m 01 4-5s, while Cutcheon, only a stride behind, covered the entire distance as scratch...
...clearly apparent that the Harvard team has been extraordinary slow to develop this season and Saturday's exhibition proved that the eleven is not as far advanced at it should be at this point in the schedule with only two weeks intervening before the Princeton game. One finds it hard to remember when at this time of year the Harvard tackles were ever as completely or consistently boxed as on Saturday or when the Harvard tackling was as weak and sloppy...
...Briggs can retain control of his service, he and Wheeler may almost feel confident of a favorable result, but if Briggs losses his accuracy and and on that account must slow down, a contingency which has arisen this Fall--Ingraham and Dixon will probably make the most of the opportunity. Dixon's service is rather slow, less effective certainly than Briggs' but it is consistant...