Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Barr, Frank R, Stockton, Mark Twain, H. H. Boyesen and many other well known writers will furnish the fiction for the new volume, which is to be unusually strong, including several novels, illustrated novelettes, and short stories. "The Women of the French Salons" are to be described in a brilliant series of illustrated papers. The important discoveries made with the great Lick Telescope at San Francisco (the largest telescope in the world) and the latest explorations relating to prehistoric America (including the famous Serpent Mound, of Ohio) are to be chronicled in The Century...
...Norton's field. The ground was muddy and the ball became so slippery that it was hard to hold. The first half was thirty minutes but the second was shortened to fifteen minutes as the rain made it dark earlier than usual. Both teams played well but made few brilliant plays. Ninety was a little heavier in the rush line, and often succeeded in getting through to Ninety-two's half backs, but Ninety-two was able to make holes rather to often considering the weight against them. Only once in the game did Ninety-two have the ball dangerously...
...During the first twenty minutes there were many fumbles and poor passes, the team work was ragged and ineffective, and there was consequently little scoring. Towards the end of the first half and all through the second half there was more steadiness in the general work and many individual brilliant plays. With a good start the score would have been many points larger. Many more points were lost by great carelessness in regard to off-side and foul playing. The umpire was probably unusually careful, yet it is very important that the rules should be observed for such frequent loss...
...doubles yesterday by defeating Kingsley and Jenning the former champions. The match was almost a walkover for Lee and Tallant who were playing in magnificent form. Kingsley and Jennings on the other hand were unsteady, and appeared to be rather out of practice. Tallant started out with with brilliant placing and smashing all through the first set, and was well supported by Lee. The result was a love set. Kingsley and Jennings rallied a little in the next set, but could not drive their opponents back from the net, and succeeded in winning only two games. The third...
...third game went to Tallant and Lee through placing by Tallant and good back-hand strokes by Lee. Tallant and Lee won the forth and fifth, while the sixth and seventh went to Lockett and Wrenn, all four games being very poor. Locket won the eighth game by some brilliant strokes, lobbing well. Tallant and Lee then took a brace and won the next four games by good playing. At the end of the tenth game the score stood 5 all. The eleventh game was the best of the match. The playing was beautiful on both sides...