Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Saint Nicks present a smooth aggressive squad this year, made up entirely of former college greats. Captained by Fred Mosley, former Harvard hockey and football star, the team boasts an undefeated A. A. U. League record in two years of play. At present the St. Nicks oldest amateur ice team in the United States are running for the A. A. U. championship, which would assure them of the opportunity to represent America in the 1940 Olympic Games at Finland...
Most intriguing of all temporary remedies is the admittance, without qualification, of all eligible Juniors and Seniors. This would necessitate the exclusion of more Sophomores, but the second year would merely be a stormy strait with smooth sailing assured beyond. A further remedy is the oft-bandied-about House Associate Plan. Finally there is the athletic organization of out-house groups and their inclusion in the intramural set-up. The Council recommends all of these, envisioning them as a complementary whole which will raise the general standard of life of non-House students...
Muddle No. 3: Captain Marmaduke R. Alderson had lost three engines and the fourth was wheezing for lack of fuel when he finally landed, virtually dead-stick. With no power to smooth out her landing the Cavalier struck heavily on the crest of a mountainous wave, bashed in her hull...
...flakes fell into step again and circled past his eyes as they had before. A big flake flew out of nowhere at the pane near his hand and violently flattened itself against the transparency. It held on desperately, its edges vanishing. Then suddenly it loosened its grip on the smooth surface and catapulted down along a stream of its own moisture. And more, smaller flakes blew out of the night and hung to the glass, looking...
...scene of approaching carnage is an innocent appearing expanse of smooth ice bounded by the usual sideboards, with screens at each end to protect spectators from flying pucks, sticks, and occasional severed limbs. But at two o'clock sharp, the tranqull ice is transformed into what resembles a subway rush in the 7th Avenue subway when a hundred or so shabbily dressed people with razor-like skates swarm over the boards-the Rainbow Division going over the top at Hill 22. After a general 15-minute melee, called "warm-up time", a whistle is blown and the first game...