Word: seconde
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Boxing properly done brings into play every muscle in the body. It develops speed with the arms and legs, teaches perfect balancing of the weight, sudden shifting of weight from one foot to the other and, above all, calls for alertness of the eye and mind second to no other sport. The eye becomes trained to notice an instant's opening in the other man's defense, the mind must instantly recognize the opportunity, direct the proper currents of muscular action to start the hands on their way to take advantage of that opening. There is eye, brain and muscle...
...American football teams: First Team Carney, Illinois, Left end Keck, Princeton, Left tackle Callahan, Yale, Left guard Stein, Pittsburg, Center Woods, Harvard, Right guard Scott, Wisconsin, Right tackle Fincher, Georgia Tech, Right end Lourie, Princeton, Quarterback Stincheomb, Ohio State, Halfback Way, Penn State, Halfback Gipp, Notre Dame, Fullback Second Team Urban, Boston College, Left end Goetz, Michigan, Left tackle Wilkie, Annapolis, Left guard Cunningham, Dartmouth, Center Alexander, Syracuse, Right guard McMillan, California, Right tackle LeGendre, Princeton, Right End McMillin, Centre College, Quarterback Garrity, Princeton, Halfback Davies, Pittsburg, Halfback French, West Point, Fullback Third Team Ewen, Annapolis, Left end Voss, Detroit...
There are two cases in point. The first concerns the actions of De Valera, the second the attitude of the self-appointed investigating "Committee of One Hundred." When the so-ca led President of the "Republic of Ireland' first came to America it was with the announced intention of doing no more than attempting to enlist the friendship and support of Irish sympathizers in this country, and to formulate a public opinion which would be favorable to Irish freedom. Such a course, although reprehensible, could not legally be checked by the government so long as De Valera conducted himself...
...second case is the "Committee of One Hundred" which has been formed in order to investigate conditions in Ireland. Aside from the fact that many reputable Americans who were invited to serve on the Committee declined to do so, thus leaving a personnel composed almost entirely of avowed Irish sympathizers, there is the manifest impossibility of any fair "investigation" by such a Committee. The Irish side they can, and are, hearing; but what of the other? The other is the British government, which manifestly will not present its evidence before a self-appointed, unofficial body of hostile investigators from...
...Endowment Fund Campaign is Harvard's greatest contest. President Lowell said last year at Commencement that the gifts received had saved the University from bankruptcy. That was the first half of the Campaign. We are now in the second half and every man must play his part...