Word: worst
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...base hits were made by J. Baldwin, S. Baldwin, Holmes and Blair. Andover was the worst offender in errors, eight being chalked up against her team, as against three for the Freshmen. The former's battery was also unreliable, with a count of two wild pitches, one "hit by pitcher" and three passed balls. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 r. h. e. Andover...
...worst which this change in orders will mean, however, is that the men assigned to Camp Devens will have a slightly longer wait for their commissions than if they had been detailed to Camp Grant. That their ability will eventually be recognized there is little doubt; officer-candidates from the Unisity have always led in infantry O. T. C.'s and the men formerly classed as Quota A are men above the former standard. If they feel themselves underestimated it would be well for them to recall the words of a famous American General, who remarked, when detailed...
...state of feeling. Without quite being aware how it happened, we find ourselves turning to the morning's headlines with an air of comparative indifference, prepared for the ordinary "local engagements" and "improvements of positions," where a week ago we snatched at the morning paper prepared for the worst. In this country, we have undoubtedly slipped into this tranquil stage behind the heavy barrage of the Loan campaign, which has given us little time for other things. Is the present state of mind one of unjustified confidence? By no means, Hard tests still confront the Allied armies; but the fact...
...time that the matter be taken hold of with a firm hand. Like many other of our war projects, the whole affair is surrounded with a haze of conjecture and uncertainty, but the mists have been cleared away sufficiently to reveal corruption and downright fraud of the worst order. The reports of Mr. Borglum, the special commissioner, and of the Aeronautical Association of America, when added to the recent admission that building was practically at a standstill, leave these facts beyond a doubt...
...numbers are invariably striking, and that for the "--Less" number runs true to form. The three editorials, though constructed according to the approved formula, fall a trine short. The celebrated punch that every editorial needs is parried in each, and the three dissertations therefore miss their mark. But the worst is all over when those pages are passed...