Word: backed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Then they marched back...
...Reeled back confounded...
...precisely three o'clock the players were arranged, and the battle began, the Harvards having the kick-off. One of the masterly Canadian drop-kicks immediately sent the ball back again near Harvard's goal. Then the running, dodging, and scrummages began, in which the sides were about evenly matched. But soon the Canadians had to act on the defensive, as the ball neared their goal. Fourteen minutes after the game began Whiting dropped the ball between and beyond the posts, and goal number one was scored for Harvard. The Canadians now had the kick-off, and sent the ball...
...Sophomores rushed the Freshmen, and again on Saturday. Accordingly the whole class, except those who can show that they were not in either rush, has been expelled. Most of the class will probably be readmitted on terms imposed by the President, but some, at least, will not be taken back...
...vicissitudes of human events were shown last year in a case that occurred not far from Cambridge. One man wrote out his Forensics and handed them in as they came due. His mark for the year was 65. The Forensics were given back, and copied out, word for word, by another man who had been away during the year. No. 2 had a mark of 87 for his Forensics...