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...they did have the pleasure of watching a remarkable Princeton team. Its dash, its power, its pluck warmed the heart of every true enthusiast. The result was all the more unusual in that the New Jersey warriors were consigned to mediocrity by the "men in the street." One more proof of indomitable Tiger courage is set down in the Book of the Past, and it is to that spirit that Harvard pays deference...
...suggestive of fiery rebuke to iniquitous actions. However, in the abridged forms, proposed by the Herald, much of this significance is lost. Only the complete title does itself justice; and only the complete title attains to a sonorous dignity. This objection is not vital, but years of experience with proof readers, a certaia inherent modesty, and the force of long and powerful tradition preclude the possibilities of any immediate change...
...discovered by reputable chemists to be the exact equivalent of crimson. Delightful predictions have been made by the Boston Herald to the effect that the Harvard Crimson will now be titled the Daily Sodium Salt of the Daily Azo-8, the abbreviated terms being necessitated by the limitations of proof reading. The originality of these oracular murmuring is unimpeachable; their pertinence unexcelled. Without doubt the prophecies will stimulate profound and wide-spread reflection...
...Connor was heard first. He had to admit that he was indebted to Dame Rumor for his information. Said he: "I believe it in my own heart, though I have no way to prove it."He begged "a few days"to find proof...
...request for independence, said he, "had been refused without proof or justification." He exhorted the Egyptians to remain faithful to "complete independence for Egypt and the Sudan." "We will never admit," he concluded, "nor will those who come after us, that a single foreign soldier shall remain on Egyptian soil...