Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson held a lead of 1 1-2 to 1 at the beginning of the fourth chukker, when the 51st Brigade started a scoring spurt and counted five times to Harvard's twice before the whistle blew, thus bringing the score up to 6 1-2 to 6. In the remaining chukkers, however, the clever play of the Crimson reserves asserted itself, and the game was stored away in the fifth period...
...class A Harvard stands fourth and will have to beat out Newton Center. Union Boat Club, and Harvard Club. Harvard Club is the only team ranking higher than Harvard in class B. The Walkover Club, now standing third, promises to furnish keen opposition, however. Harvard stands in the middle of the rank list in class C, in which Harvard Club heads the list with no defeats...
...week following the examination. This may be technically true, but permit me to state that the examination took place on December 9 and the thesis is due on December 20, giving a span of eleven days. Finally, your article describes a question on the examination as "covering one fourth of the time treated in the first half year." This statement is not exactly clear to me, but I fear it may give rise to an erroneous impression. The subject-matter of the question was discussed in two lectures out of more than thirty, and constituted about one fifth...
...Monday was divided into three parts, ostensibly allowing one-third of an hour for each division. The second question required an essay on the July Monarchy, in other words, the history of France from 1830 to 1848, giving the men 20 minutes to write on a question covering one fourth of the time treated in the first half year...
...Fourth, during the entire fight, and down to the present moment, the liquor forces have had one great advantage. They have been well financed. The liquor interests have always provided ample funds. No one has had a direct financial interest in fighting against liquor. The dry forces have always had to pass the hat. Gradually, however, all socially minded people have come to see the social side of the question, and they have responded to appeals for voluntary contributions more and more generously. Millions of small contributions have come in. But the dry forces have never had funds enough...