Word: tend
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This waste results from conditions which justify a sense of shame and horror. ... As a result of careful inquiries, I am informed that whereas the absolute as well as the per capita fire loss of this country tends to increase from year to year, the same losses in comparable European countries tend to decrease. For the most recent comparable periods fire losses in Great Britain are calculated at less than $1 per capita per annum, while those of the United States are placed at approximately $5 per capita. . . . Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, recommend that...
That whatever tends to develop the above qualities has a necessary place in Harvard life, and that whatever does not tend to those ends has no legitimate place and should either be changed or abolished...
...Broun who left Harvard because he was unable to get what he wanted here. Was this another case where free development was unduly hampered by college regulations? At any rate, it seems evident that something is wrong with a system which makes no place for such men. All systems tend to become too rigid. Greater flexibility must be introduced to encourage the exceptional man. The dean's list and the provision that candidates for distinction may drop a course in their Senior year are steps in the right direction, but they are not enough. Seniors continue to answer the class...
...yard run M. I. T. may well pull down first honors by means of Lenesse, who has made a considerable reputation during the past year. Watters will be his cheif contender. From the time trials held at the Stadium of late, lepesters tend to lavor the Harvard runner...
...interesting to note that the CRIMSON's editorial stand corresponds to this idea I have just expressed. I am particularly pleased that so many minds should tend toward this solution. All those precautions would seem to imply that the volunteer is totally to blame for his aimlessness...