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...when the Canadian left wing and center broke through the Crimson forward line in their own territory. McNaughton dribbled the puck along his lane but was soon boxed in by the Harvard defence. He passed over sharply to Glennie, who drove it in before the Crimson defence could spoil his shot...
...evidences seem to snow, Greece becomes a permanent republic, the effect in the Balkans should prove notable. In the first place it will spoil Queen Marie's imperialistic dream--a dream of a Balkan federation swayed by herself and her children. Moreover, with Greece's example before them other peoples may begin to feel that the Rumanian queen has overreached herself in her ambition. At any rate if Greece continues to revivify at the present rate, the Balkan pot, always near the fire, is likely to be set once more a boiling...
...cried for. Yet he could not bear to hurt Joan?and it was only after weeks of unhappiness that he mastered himself at last. Then, at the moment of crisis, he realized that Inez had only been an impulse for splendor in his life?an impulse fulfillment could only spoil it. Her power faded from him?after all, he was made for work (he thought), not for happiness. So he stayed with Joan whole-heartedly?and was happy as well. True, the centaur was tamed at last?broken to the plow. But Jeffrey wrote better poetry...
Harvard is determined to defeat Princeton. The spirit at the mass meeting last night showed that. And the few who did their best to spoil it, who threw caps and giggled in corners, count not at all. They represent nothing...
...anything but compulsory, such a program would approach the ridiculous. If the most desirable thing were to get a large congregation every morning, the obvious and least objectionable method would be compulsion. Dressing up a sermon to look like a lecture, or brazenly substituting timely-topic talks would spoil chapel for those who honestly want a religious service; and the others who might go could certainly not deceive themselves into thinking that they were going to a chapel. It would be absurd to turn the morning service into a forum and delight in the multitudes be attracted by the novelty...