Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prominent of these is the weakness of the line on both the offense and the defense and a wretched interference which affords the runner practically no protection. Since the Yale line held Dartmouth for downs on the one-yard mark, it has been consistently poor. Captain Lovejoy is a wonder in backing up the line but the opposing team have no trouble in ploughing through for material gains...
...conspicuousness, the knowledge that his kicking has been a big factor in the Crimson showing thus far, and the realization that he has shown himself to be, not only a consistent line plugger, but able to make long runs, makes him a threat to be feared. Princeton rooters still wonder why his brilliant dash in the Dartmouth game did not result in a Harvard touchdown. His ability on either end of a forward pass is also recognized...
Freshmen may wonder that they were not granted the same consideration as upperclassmen, since they, more than any others, find it difficult to adjust themselves to the requirements of their college studies. But their case is different. So great is the change from secondary school to college that many Freshmen are left hopelessly adrift and need to have their difficulties brought early to the notice of the authorities and themselves...
...Chicago, where it might have been expected his sympathies would have drawn him. He came instead to Boston--to staid, conservative Boston--to the capital of New England where the criterion of what should be done is ever what has been done! But great as is this initial wonder, it grows dim in comparison with the miracle that Boston likes him, flocks to hear him, and refuses to be shocked...
...used to call him "handy at fixing things." Also they would say: "I knew be could do it." Ingenuity, mechanical skill, persistence, enterprise, daring-these were Glenn Curtiss' qualities as early as the days when his bicycle was the speediest, his sled coasted farthest, his motor-cycle a wonder of the day, his skate-sail unique, his birds'-egg collection largest and rarest of all his comrades. His appetite for speed has always been insatiable. Now 46, he still ponders engine construction, streamline, weight reduction in hopes of letting man move faster...