Word: coped
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...church when His Eminence, accompanied by his Suffragan Bishops and preceded by Monsignori, Cathedral Canons, superiors of religious orders and clergy, marched up the main aisle, between a double row of clerics wearing over their cassocks white surplices trimmed with red.. The Cardinal, vested in cope and mitre, blessing right and left, by his imposing stature dominated the cortege and the crowds as he has dominated the history of the past years by the transcendant part he has played in it." After a quarter of an hour of silent prayer, His Eminence rose from the priedieu, and accompanied...
...quite generally accepted that the four years which the student passed within the precincts of the university were almost as time wasted, if not worse; they gave him curious ideas which he usually needed another four years to lose, and which rendered him quite unable to cope with actual problems...
...splendid thing, but that when the college graduate came to rub shoulders with those sons of the son who had made their way unassisted by means of their native ingenuity, he was left hopelessly behind. The implication, of course, was that a college training left a man unfitted to cope with practical affairs. Though this misconception has been exploded for some time, the same prejudice still seems to crop out occasionally against specialized graduate schools...
...bright ray however which penetrates the gloom of the catastrophe is the fact that the proctor was not robbed. Possibly the astute burglar realized his inability to cope with such a man. Possibly he was so burdened with spoils already that he hesitated to endanger his pockets with more. But perhaps the circumstance that the proctor's door was locked had something to do with it. It appears that his was almost the only door which was locked, and to a sensitive criminal, the hospitality of the generous students who magnificently left their doors open must have been infinitely more...
...played against the Green, Harvard was practically unbeatable. If it shows the same form tonight, the Crimson five should be able to cope with the best that Yale can offer. A victory over the Blue on their home court would make the Harvard season a success, despite the rather unimpressive preliminary record of 11 wins and 7 losses...