Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...feature of the first half was Haugton's punting, which almost equalled McBride's, the latter having the strong west wind in his favor...
...record she has made in the past, by the exercise of those qualities which even her hereditary opponents cannot but admire and honor. Harvard, on the other hand, has strained every nerve to burst the chain of defeats which have been piling up their weight until it has become almost unendurable. The two teams have met, therefore-the one desperate in its fight to prove worthy of proud traditions; the other equally desperate in its struggle for vindication. But, in spite of this intensity of feeling, they have met in a manner worthy of both, and have at last completed...
Yale University has received almost a half a million dollars in endowments during the last fiscal year...
...first half Pennsylvania put up a dull, listless game but in the second half with the wind in her favor she braced up and made twelve of her twenty points, depending almost entirely on "guards-back...
...most unfavorable conditions possible. By the time scheduled for the start a strong head wind had arisen, blowing somewhat off the wall on the Beacon street side, and the basin was lashed into a high running sea, which threatened to swamp the boats at any minute. It was almost dark when the crews after much maneuvering finally managed to get into position. Crew No. 4, J. F. Perkins '99, captain had the course nearest the wall; crew No. 3, H. M. Adams '98, captain, was next; crew No. 2, D. M. Goodrich '98, captain, followed, and crew No.4, Higginson...