Word: actually
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Foote was the winner in actual time, covering the distance in exactly 24 minutes. He was closely followed by Murphy, another of the Freshman stars, Seven seconds later. They placed third and fourth respectively in the handicap rating...
...case with most entrance difficulties, it again seems necessary to lay the blame at the door of the secondary schools. In preparing men for these examinations they focus their attention on the final test rather than on an actual foundation in the fundamentals of English. The most plausible solution that presents itself seems to be in offering an examination in the more basic aspects of the subject, thus demanding that the preparatory schools focus their attention on providing a substantial background; and leaving to the college the problem of providing the more advanced work. As it is at present...
...actual services of the scout, the writer says, "He brings to the coaching councils all the latest improvements in plays and coaching methods which the multitude of coaches throughout the country may devise, and he gives his own camp an opportunity to discuss and adopt the new idea without even the delay of a season ...... That is one basic reason why the game has developed so rapidly in recent years." Student at Large, The Yale News...
Last year J. L. Reid '29, then captain of the squad, was winner in actual time elapsed, breaking his own record for the course by covering the distance in 27 minutes, 28 and 4-5 seconds. In handicap placing, however, he was eighth, while the race was won by Sturtevant Burr '31, now a regular member of the cross country team, who had a handicap of 4 minutes, 20 seconds. His name was the first to be inscribed upon the trophy...
...mechanistic] theory is . . . bankrupt. It has, in fact, ceased to interest physiologists in recent times. . . . One often meets the statement . . . that scientific physiology is progressively revealing the mechanism of life. In the light of actual progress this is quite untrue, and can only be described as claptrap. . . . Science brings us to a point at which we require more than Science." Biologist Haldane takes philosophy seriously. To him, philosophy is only another word for religion. But orthodox religion will not find much in common with such statements as this: "Belief of any kind in what is supernatural seems...