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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mason '30 now completely healed, the Sophomore has resumed the No. 4 slide which his injury cost him on the eve of the Tech-Cornell regatta. C. McK. Norton '29, who has been rowing in his place now seems slated for the No. 2 seat, if he can show better form and stamina than A. A. Campbell '30, who has rowed all this year's races...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATTLE ROYAL ON FOR HARVARD BOW BERTHS | 5/24/1928 | See Source »

...frequently diffuse and inconsequent--the story of the Golden Girl's transoceanic flight would profit, for example, if there were in it less wandering of the fancy and more satiric thrusts. It is, moreover, a pity that L. C. Jones' bold and effective drawings cannot be provided with better text than that found on page 225. Sill in spite of occasional flatnesses, the general average is high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reviewer Finds "Briny Deep" Issue of Lampy Maintains High Average--Good Humor, Not Barbed Wit, Is Keynote | 5/24/1928 | See Source »

...CRIMSON suggestion that there be six concerts instead of two hits a mark above what is just to the Glee Club members and what is favorable to artistic taste. It would seem better to have the audience end the season with some appetite left and wishing for more, than regretting a superfluity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graceful Affirmative | 5/23/1928 | See Source »

With these men competing the pole vault promises to be the outstanding event of the meet. Although Barnes and Carr have both done 14 feet or better, and Edmonds has reached 13 feet six inches, none of the men has shown signs of reaching his limit. When Barnes set his present record on April 28, in a West coast meet, he cleared the bar with six inches to spare, as shown by slow motion pictures of the leap. Curr's form is not yet perfected, and for this reason his present performance is not regarded as final...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW POLE VAULT MARK MAY BE SET SATURDAY | 5/23/1928 | See Source »

Edmonds is not only the least developed of the three vaulters, but according to experts will eventually be a better vaulter than either Barnes or Carr. He is taller than the other men, and is expected to vault well over 14 feet when fully developed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW POLE VAULT MARK MAY BE SET SATURDAY | 5/23/1928 | See Source »

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