Word: brands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard team caused a genuine sensation in 1892 by trotting out to do battle arrayed in brand-new, shiny leather suits. In a preceding game, the University players had each soaked up thirty pounds' weight of mud and water, and they were taking no chances on the weather. It was the day of mass formations and the famous "Harvard flying wedge". Legs were broken and skulls fractured, and as the casualty list mounted, a cry went up all over the country against the brutality of football. When the last whistle had blow in the 1904 game, the sidelines were packed...
...came up to Harvard on the subway, and as my friend and I stepped out upon the street level I felt an agreeable sense of strangeness and yet of familiarity. Directly opposite was the 'Coop,' lit up and glistening like a brand new backdrop. Next to it 'Harvard Trust' was sparkling in a sign of Kohinoors. 'This is Harvard Square,' I said to myself, remembering a zealously studied map. A surge of brisk, chill air cooled our faces. Light twinkled and beamed all around, as if in general welcome. People and autos and streetcars passed like noisy phantoms. So unreal...
...press may breed content or contempt. At times your special brand seems to approach the latter...
...Last year he contributed a brand new dollar bill at the request of the Red Cross committee, which specified that he contribute no larger amount...
Last week, Princeton battled the strong Havertord eleven, picked by many to win premier honors in the League, to a 22 tie. It was a case of two equality matched elevens meeting on a soggy field that did not allow either team to show its best brand of play...