Word: exaction
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...dance and Saturday night you would be called upon to support the debating team. You might throw up the sponge and try again next week, but next week would probably prove just as bad. In the end, your study of the subject would be irregular and much distracted; the exact opposite of concentration...
...decision as to the exact wording of the subject proposed rests with the Yale team and has not yet been communicated to the University debaters...
From the preliminary trials six candidates will be chosen to deliver a ten-minute speech at the finals, which will take place after the Spring Recess, the exact date to be announced later...
...preliminary trials on Monday evening have been divided into two teams, which will debate on the subject "Resolved: That Ireland Should be Granted her Immediate independence." This is to be the subject for the Freshman Triangular Debate, which will be held with Yale and Princeton on April 15. The exact wording of the question has not yet been decided upon, but will be announced in a few days...
...took a picture of the 100-yard dash finish in the Intercollegiate which, taken at the exact moment, showed that the decision of the judges to be almost entirely wrong. They had rated Smith of Michigan first, Moore of Princeton second, and E.A. Teschner '17' of Harvard third. When developed the picture showed Moore breaking the tape with his chest, Teschner crossing the finish line with one foot, and Smith still in the air but not across the line...