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Word: snagging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1920
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...defeated Hotchkiss 14 to 0. This game was characterized by fumbles and poor teamwork. In the next game, however, with Exeter, the Blue yearlings showed their true form by overwhelming their opponents by the score of 21 to 0. On the next Saturday they played Andover and met a snag. Only after hard fighting, and brilliant play by the yearling backs, were they able to defeat the preparatory school team, 14 to 10. On the next two successive Saturdays, the Princeton 1924 and Dean Academy elevens fell before the Eli cubs by the scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIPPLED 1924 ELEVEN TO PLAY STRONG ELI TEAM | 11/13/1920 | See Source »

...doubt the majority of Americans desire a League of Nations, and this was never more clearly shown than in a test vote during the Senate controversy last spring, when an overwhelming majority of the members of the upper house expressed their desire for some sort of a League. The snag that is still holding them is the exact kind of a League desired. Obviously the underlying choice of the campaign is not the much touted and buffeted League, but a deeper decision on parties and leaders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHOICE | 11/2/1920 | See Source »

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