Word: uncertainly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Football is a game of unending upsets and contradictions, baseball games may turn on the uncertain news of a pitcher or on an irregularity in the ground, but in track the dopesters and the mathematician may stiff command attention. Track performances vary, but they usually vary within limits. And it is these limits that give purpose and excuse to the pre-meet mathematicians who about this time of year begin to flood the sporting pages with their carefully weighed prognostications...
...seating in the first University shell for the triangular regatta in the Charles River Basin this Saturday was still uncertain yesterday afternoon when it was reported that C. E. Mason '30 would probably be unable to row until Monday of next week. C. McK. Norton '29 rowed at No. 4 in Mason's place in yesterday afternoon's workout and will take his place Saturday unless the Sophomore's hands heal more rapidly than is expected...
...lineups for the first two 150-pound crews are still uncertain but Coach C. S. Heard '25 will probably decide on the order in which the men will be seated for the races at the end of the week after this afternoon's practice. R. H. Miller '30, who is now eligible, having completed his language requirements, is giving R. W. Herr '28 a hard fight for the coxswain's position in the first 150-pound shell...
...Lewis '30 and James Roosevelt '30 replacing W. G. Saltonstall '28 and C. E. Mason '30 in seats five and four respectively. Saltonstall was out of the boat because of divisional examinations and Mason is at present in the Stillman Infirmary with an infected hand. It is as yet uncertain how long Mason will be kept out by his injury...
...great M. Painlevé. He studied the photograph, saw a face of rugged grandeur. He read the attestations of Mme. Jacquet's poaching ways with an egg, learned that her pot au feu was delectable and sound. Finally the War Minister decided that in this instance the uncertain quantity or "X" stood for a good & honest cook. Therefore Mme. Jacquet Was appointed, last week, to the regiment at Tourelles until such time as it may be ordered upon active service. Pleased but with a sense of rebuff, Mme. Jacquet said sturdily: "To my mind, God willing, it should...