Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rang out, before Faneuil Hall had thrown open its doors to an eloquent patriotism, a graduate of Harvard in his Commencement Thesis 'announced the whole doctrine of the Revolution' in words that sounded like a tocsin through the land," said Mr. Hamilton in the undergraduate oration, "There is no break in such a history as ours," insisted the Rev. Phillips Brooks...
...meeting commenced promptly at 2.30, with the two-mile bicycle race, by H. Merrill, '90. the only entry, ridden to break the record of Dean, '88, 6 minutes and 28 seconds. The first mile was 3 minutes and 12 seconds, just two miles, 6 minutes and 31 seconds, just three seconds slower than the previous record. This is a great improvement over the record made last fall. The runners in the first heat of the 100-yards dash were J. W. Merrill, '89, H. R. Miles, '88, E. C. Stowell, '88, G. S. Mandell, '89, There was a close brush...
...about 5.18. All four crews got a good start, the freshmen getting the water first, and '87, next, and as they shot forth, the unwieldy tugs, quivering with their burdens, pursued them with whistles shrieking and flags waving, and a vast concourse of wheeled vehicles dashed off at break neck speed for Boston...
...came directly under the power of the chancellor of the chapter of Notre Dame de Paris. This was quite different from Bologna, where the schools and the town were both new, while in Paris, from the first, a well established and powerful body antagonized the system which ultimately would break the Episcopal schools and become a studium generale, or school for all with no religious restrictions and specialized study...
...leaving the Misses Daffodil in love with Rev. Milkweed and Cholmondeley, and one of them engaged to the anything but consumptive John Harvard. The voices were all good, especially Harvard's; the acting of Stubbs excellent; the two heroines were sweet enough to eat. Then came a serious break in the play - the entree...