Word: disappoint
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...unsatisfactory feature of this period lay in the fact that the Harvard team did not do as well in its final game as its previous record would justify people to expect. The team after an almost unbroken record of excellent play, would come to their final game and disappoint their adherents. On the whole, the system may be said to have proved itself a distinct step in advance of the previous system, but it also showed that something was lacking which should be supplied before Harvard realized the fullest results from their system...
...application, as long as the supply lasted. Except in a few cases of invited guests, among whom are members of the Viking Club of Boston, the applications of those outside of the University, have not been considered. The management regret very much that they have been forced to disappoint so many applicants, especially among the students...