Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...team that seems certain to be represented at Yale is the Adams squash team, which has plied up a commanding lead in the "A" loop. Boasting a 34-11 record, the Gold Coasters have a comfortable margin over Lowell (27-18) and Eliot (24-16) which are in a virtual tie for second place. Kirkland, Leverett, Dunster, and Winthrop follow in that order...
Most everyone knows one fact about tugboats: a good tugboat man can hurl a torrid phrase across the water hard enough to make it bounce. But few know another important fact: that the Dutch had a virtual monopoly before the war on deep-sea towing...
Scott reported that to bring U.S. policy to fruition would cost the U.S. taxpayer at least a billion dollars. "We cannot stay in Germany," said Scott, "and continue to operate as a virtual relief agency. We are feeding Germans at the rate of $200 million to $300 million a year. This will continue indefinitely unless enough money is invested to make a going concern out of the country...
...room for a German community. On the contrary, if you draw away from us ... Britain will be (or will consider herself) obliged to rebuild Germany against Russia, while Russia will be (or will consider herself) forced to rebuild Germany against Britain. In either case, Europe, instead of becoming a virtual community, will become a virtual battlefield...
...spite of the rough outdoor ice which made passing and shooting difficult, the Freshmen kept virtual control of the puck throughout the game. A fast-firing attack shattered the St. Marks defense and held them behind their own blue line from the outset...