Word: amassingly
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...first round the strong Crimson sabre and epee teams won five of six bouts, enabling the squad to build an early 6-3 lead. Riding the crest of early success, Harvard swept on in the second round to amass seven more victories to stretch the lead to 13-5. The third round supplied the handful of Harvard fans who wandered into the third-floor fencing room with more of the same, as the Crimson coasted...
...began in the 1870s, when a young tourist named Mary Brown bought a little ivory lute in a shop in Florence. Aided by her indulgent husband, a New York banker, she went on to amass an incredibly diverse collection of no fewer than 3,390 musical instruments. By the time she died in 1918 at the age of 76, she had turned them over to Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the Met, alas, had no place to display them permanently; so they moldered in storage for more than half a century...
...assumed full control and responsibility, responded by saying that he had no control over the process. Perk shot back by dredging up a twenty-year old scandal involving Carney and his brother John, the County Auditor before Perk, and casting doubt on the methods which Carney employed to amass his fortune. Time and time again Perk accused Stokes of manipulating the election by putting up two candidates, while emphasizing that he, Perk...
Actually, if Vida were to continue at his present torrid pace, he would amass more than 40 wins. But not even Vida is that confident. Every time he pitches he superstitiously puts two dimes into his pocket to "represent the hope of 20 wins." By that standard, he still seems a little cheap. At the very least, Vida Blue promises to be a two-bit pitcher...
...Jack never forget Charles Eliot Norton's inspiring lectures at Harvard not the wisdom that Berenson applied to amass her Italian collection...