Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...courage go out of a horse, the fire die in him that made him swift, so that though he runs against equals in a valiant race and every flag is lifted for his triumph, his heart fails him in the hazard of his task, he falters and cannot win. It was a sad thing that happened, last week, at Laurel, Md. There Epinard was running ; the race, the Laurel Stakes; the distance, one mile; the prize, $10,000. He was a favorite among favorites, "for," said the lean men who ride horses, the fat men who bet on them...
However Worcester Academy has a powerful eleven and the result should rest largely in the ability of the Freshmen to stop Worcester's fast backs, a task which the Brown Freshmen and Cushing Academy found somewhat difficult. Worcester has not been scored on this year, and has run up high scores against all her opponents. Her regular men are all in condition to play and she is determined to keep her goal line uncrossed...
When the big Green football machine lines up in the Stadium Saturday, who will be given the all-important task of directing the attack? Will it be the veteran Dooley or the comparatively untried Fallon who will bark the signals that set the Dartmouth attack in motion...
...advantages of such a system are obvious. The hours which are spent by undergraduates waiting for their tickets would be saved, while the distribution of tickets would be systematic and efficient, making the task of the H. A. A. much less hurried...
...sportsmanship in so doing. I feel it necessary to put forth some defence of the Lampoon to mitigate the relentless criticism of this morning's review. I have not yet seen the number which Mr. Code so ruthlessly and so wittily attacks. He may not, therefore, take me to task for combatting him on particular and inconsequential grounds. Perhaps the number may be as dull as he intimates. I daresay it is, but that is beside the point. I care not a whit what Mr. Code thinks of any particular number...