Word: weltering
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...CRIMSON a few days ago surmised would happen a "comparatively unheralded candidate" emerged victorious from the welter of the convention. In retrospect it is easy to see how carefully the "coup" was planned, how the popular favorites were played off against each other to the point of exhaustion, how the well-coached dark horse was jockeyed into position in the intermediate ballots, and how he broke away for an overwhelming victory at the finish. The results of the convention reveal not only the inefficiency of the popular primaries, but also the total inefficiency of popular sentiment in affecting...
...these days of constantly shifting opinion, when the one thing our statesmen, politicians, and publicists seem certain of is that they cannot tell what the morrow will bring forth when we turn in vain to our journals of considered comment for any solution of the welter about us, it is with something of relief that we pick up a magazine which may be fairly taken to represent the opinions of such a body of citizens as the graduates of Harvard University. Surely here, if anywhere, we may expect to find sanity and an enlightened conservatism. And we are not disappointed...
...time of signing up men must state the class which they wish to enter. These classes are as follows: bantam-weight, 115 lb.; featherweight, 125 lbs.; light-weight, 135 lbs.; welter-weight, 145 lbs.; middle-weight, 160 lbs.; light heavy-weight, 175 lbs.; heavy-weight, 175 lbs. and over...
...British Liberalism, the London Nation, recently declared that Mr. Hoover was the ablest man that the war had produced. Of the men who were without high reputation when the conflict began, there can be no question that he is the most commanding figure that emerged out of this welter of the nations. Such ability is not to be held lightly at a time like this. The American people are going to need it, and need it badly...
...England boxing championship tournament will be held under the auspices of the Boston Athletic Association at Mechanics Building on March 20. There will be 8 events in all: bantam-weight (108 lbs.), feather-weights (118 lbs.), special-weight (128 lbs.), light-weight (135 lbs.), welter-weight (145 lbs.), middle-weight (158 lbs.), light heavy-weight (175 lbs.), and heavy-weight (over...