Word: crucial
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hope, as the sportsman always does, that the better team will win. And when all is said and done, the better team probably will win, for failures and flukes are as much a measure of a team as splendid gains and wonderful charges. If a team fails in a crucial test, it is not the better team at that time, whatever it may have been before or may be after. But, to be frank, the philosophy of hoping that the better team will win is curiously involved with a good deal of believing that we (and Yale men feel this...
...University soccer team 3 to 1 on Saturday afternoon. All of the opposing team's scoring was done in the first half, when Harvard was compelled to play against a strong wind, which not only made rushing difficult, but prevented getting the ball away from the goal at several crucial moments. All things considered, the University eleven, with the exception of the forward line, played a very good, hard game. Team-work has improved somewhat, but a thorough and instinctive knowledge of the game is not yet displayed in the rushes. Springfield, on the other hand, exhibited a great deal...
...University debating teams will tonight meet Princeton and Yale in the fifth triangular debate. For debating at Harvard this is a crucial year; changes in the customs of the University have necessitated a change in the methods of financing the debating team; and the struggle for existence has been a hard one. Nevertheless, the team has fought with determination against all difficulties, and we hope that the timely and interesting subject will attract a large and appreciative audience...
...dollars a week, organizes a labor union for women, finally passes a bill making possible the eight-hour day for women. The governor who signs the bill is none other than the girl's country lover of the first act, and it is he whom she now marries. The crucial clash in the play comes between the governor, his wife, and a political blackmailer. The scene of inquisition in the fourth act is a masterpiece of dramatic construction...
...requires little acquaintance with the "inside" in football to comprehend that this afternoon's game will prove a crucial one for the University eleven. Two teams, likely to figure in championship records, come to their annual game with clean scores. They meet in a 60-minute gridiron battle. It is safe to say that one will drop from the list of highest football honors...