Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...afraid to trust the reader's imagination to see al the points of analogy with the first Christmas story, and so burdens his piece with a large number of rather unconvincing characters, and an elaboration of stage setting and appropriate music. Contrast this with "the Littles Shepherd," which comes somewhat later on. The latter is perfectly simple, but sweet and true, leaving a delightful picture...
...already have so many organizations with more or less worthy purposes that another seems somewhat superfluous. The Cosmopolitan Club, however, will cater to a class which has at present no representative organization, although its possible members form a much larger number than are enrolled by many of the small and specialized societies which annually spring into existence...
...important to develop this along consistent lines as it is to develop the team. No team can hope to win which one week plays along one line and the next along another line of play. The coaching staff of this team feels the same influences over a somewhat longer period. It must develop by experience and by close touch with conditions, not for one year but for several. The coaching of a large team is far too intricate a matter for any one to master in one year. The coaches must have an intimate knowledge not from hearsay, but from...
This permanence of policy cannot be secured as long as the selection of the head coach rests in the hands of the captain alone, who may perhaps not have followed very closely the results of past years, and who is somewhat limited by the short time in which to decide and by his own acquaintance and personal knowledge during a short period of years. Mr. Nesmith suggests a possible means in his communication of November 27, and I think his suggestion should be considered by all who are interested in having winning teams. This permanent committee of five permanent football...
...French and Indian Wars are interestingly sketched, and the account of a sudden attack upon the colonists fort has real dramatic force, skillfully manipulated so as to lead to a conflict of motives in the breast of one of the defenders. One or two of the characterizations are somewhat perfunctory, and the language is here and there a little too consciously archaic: but Mr. Grandgent's persons, no less than Mr. Townsend's, live and act like human beings