Word: better
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Harvard. Mr. Crocker, however, with admirable self-sacrifice, returned to his fellows on Tuesday; and the knowledge of his presence-once more in the bow gave the wearers of the crimson fresh confidence in the result of the race with Yale. On Friday morning our crew were rowing better than Yale, and looked much stronger and more reliable; and it was then evident that, without accidents, the race would not be so close as the daily papers had led us to expect. On Friday afternoon the strong south-west-wind rendered the water too rough for shells, and the race...
...noble soul against the contemptible electoral machinery which has latterly crept stealthily even into college politics. We grieve at her misfortune, but we rejoice at her nobleness. It is with feelings of the deepest sadness that we bid farewell to this class. We believe that she has exercised a better, stronger, more permanent influence over this College than any preceding class for many a long year. As a prominent professor, who had the best opportunities for observation, remarked, "It was a class composed of men who were either very good or very poor; there were few mediocre men." The editor...
...What!' exclaimed I, 'can anything be better than...
...what I wanted to ask you was, whether I'd better have it washed or not. Because it looks disgracefully now, but if it was clean I'm afraid I should n't remember about...
...been taken of these complaints, that any further remarks on the subject seem entirely useless. Still, if anything can be said to convince the Corporation of the reality of this grievance, it ought to be published. At least the attempt ought to be made to persuade them to procure better servants for the ensuing year...