Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Class dinners, so effective in arousing fellow feeling, are almost pitiful in one way, because of the impossibility of any one man knowing more than half of those present. It almost makes one wish that Harvard were not such a great place after all, and that men did not have so many and so varied interests...
...race began very fast and slowed down toward the middle, but nevertheless it was very close and interesting. Lincoln kept the lead almost all the time...
...merits of the question as debated but on the merits of the debating entirely." His objection to the present system is that "in judging the merits of the question as debated" the judges must unconsciously be influenced by their personal prejudices, and that moreover it is almost impossible to obtain a question that will furnish equal opportunities to both sides in the debate...
After the first inning when Fitz pitched a rather uncertain game, allowing Dartmouth to score three runs, the 'Varsity had everything its own way and scored almost at will. Patey was found for sleven hits, and behind the bat was poorly supported by Drew. Many of Harvard's runs were the result of passed balls, while Laughlin and Haughton both made two bases on strike outs which were poorly fielded...
Captain Goodrich's resignation from the position he held for a year and a half as the head of the Harvard crew and his withdrawal from the squad are events which have taken the undergraduates altogether unawares. A week ago it would have seemed almost as likely that the eight would be disbanded entirely, as that a Harvard crew would be sent to New London this June without Goodrich. No similar occurrence could create deeper or more widespread regret, and most Harvard men, whether oarsmen or not, find it hard to reconcile themselves to the step. Nevertheless, since Goodrich...