Word: spite
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...attack than last October. In addition, Coach, Haughton doubtless allowed this season's team a more versatile equipment of attack than was at hand a year ago. It will be a game in which mistakes cannot be made by either team without effect on the result; but in spite of the fact that Cornell has headed its season to date toward the game with Harvard, the Cambridge team is one the writer feels has the better chance, provided it can play its best football, and play it all the time.Cornell's Kicker and Quarterback F. T. SHIVERICK...
...statement, and I am sure that a much less acute observer than Mr. Lazarus believes himself to be would see that. The statement that Hughes draws his support throughout the country from the Anglophobes is plainly taken from the New York Times, which persists in an outworn myth in spite of the activities of some Hughes supporters, as Mr. Roosevelt, and in spite of the fact that it has no political significance, either practical or ethical...
...Harvard Co-operative Society loses very little through uncollectable accounts, in spite of the fact that by far the larger part of its sales are on credit. During the past year, in a total business of $445,000, the entire amount written off the books as uncollectable was $212.23; for the year preceding it was $201.51. This showing is a substantial tribute both to the pecuniary responsibility and to the spirit of fair dealing which characterize the Harvard student body." (Report of Harvard Co-operative Society...
...very muddy and slippery, and consequently it was difficult for either side to gain. Though the practice was held an hour earlier than usual to avoid the wet, the ground was soggy from the beginning of the scrimmage. The University was able to score one touchdown, however, in spite of the mud, when R. H. Hitchcock '19 crossed the second team's goal line on a line plunge after a steady advance down the field had brought the ball within striking distance. The practice was the first real workout the squad has had on a slippery field...
...spite of the fact that regular work for the team has already begun there is still a good chance for anyone who comes out now to make the team. Freshmen especially will find this an excellent opportunity to prepare for the competition for next year's University team. Candidates should report today or Monday in the fencing room of the Hemenway Gymnasium between 4 and 6.30 o'clock...