Word: lessening
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...proven true, and already there are those who would like to see the forward pass more restricted, relying upon it as it was a year ago, or even eliminating it altogether and keeping the onside kick and ten-yard rule. What was needed in the game was primarily to lessen value of possession of the ball and this the ten-yard rule achieved. With its introduction there went out all the close hammering mass plays which were good for two or three yards on a down but no more. The American collegian, whether player or spectator, does not care...
...weeks of the College year, the sales to date being larger by about 15 per cent, than for the corresponding period of last year. The number of members is also larger by about 200 than at this time in 1906. The sole purpose of the Co-operative is to lessen the cost of living to members of the University, and the Society has endeavored, in every reasonable manner, to achieve this...
...regular stands around the track will be erected this year for the Yale game, and low bleachers will be built behind each of the goals. The seats on top of the Stadium will not be as high as they have been in the past, in order to lessen the danger in their case also...
...state from passing into another. Owing to the great demand for white factory hands in the South and to a lack of inspectors, conditions are such that large numbers of very young children are found employed in factories. It is the purpose of the Consumers' League to lessen these evils as far as possible...
...cases the Oriental secretiveness so often complained of by our missionaries is the result of the latters' religious snobbishness. Such people should recall the utter lack of religious or political bitterness in the attitude of Christ, who believed that a passionate love of the world at large need not lessen one's love for the world at home...