Word: backwardation
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...members of the class have been very backward in sending in their order lists, and but very few have yet been received. If anyone wishes to have his photographic order filled before commencement it is absolutely necessary that his list should be sent in before the spring recess, and to make perfectly sure of getting the photographers lists should be sent in within a week. The few men who have not yet accepted their negatives are urged to do so at once, as by not doing so they delay not only their own orders, but also those...
...Demosthenes they will both be united against Macedon. We all stand together against that senseless cry which speaks of the great ancient languages as dead in any offensive sense of that word. On this great question of classical languages depend upon it we shall take no step backward...
...various departments of the university might see to it that all news relating to their work and courses should reach us. Moreover, in a college supporting so many different societies, there ought to be a large amount of society news, but the secretaries are extremely backward in sending us reports of meetings or any items of general interest...
...patriotic citizen of the United States is to find a remedy, and the only remedy in our power is to see that every honest and intelligent vote possible is cast. Harvard men were not found wanting in patriotism in the war for the Union, and they should not be backward now, when the struggle is no less for the existence of that government against the corrupting influences which are striking to its foundation...
...last. While we still insist that the time made by the handicapped man was poor, we do not wish to convey the impression that he is not a proper man to train for the event. Yale records will hardly do as a standard of comparison, as Yale is notoriously backward in the way of field athletics. What we meant to imply was that as our prospects for the event are not particularly encouraging, it would be well for the association to train the best man in college for the polo grounds. To determine who is the best man in college...