Word: broke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...face, but could not succeed in turning him upon his back in the time allowed. Strauss soon after again fell on his face but eluded all attempts to turn him, although Thompson once nearly had him on his back. Strauss soon after got a back hold but Thompson broke away and soon caught Strauss about the neck, and, with a back lock, threw him squarely on his back. Time...
...Crawford, a prominent amateur bicyclist of Chicago, who broke the five mile record last month, is preparing to enter Yale, '86, next fall...
...Majesty Myself," in the Boston Post says "it was Mr. Boucicault who told Oscar Wilde how to treat the 'bold, bad men' of Harvard, who would fain have broke up the poet's lecture, and for which exploit Oscar has been so much applauded...
Just before the close of the exhibition of the Rice fire escape, a slight accident occurred. As one of the students was sliding down the escape, and when he had almost reached the ground, the rope broke, causing him to fall a short distance. No injury was done except to the reputation of the fire escape...
...fireman of the locomotive also saw the danger, and, reversing the steam and applying the brakes, they succeeded in stopping the engine, but not till it had approached to within four feet of the car. In the mean time the horses had continued unmanageable, and finally the leaders broke away and ran. Other horses were sent from the stables, and, after quiet had been restored, the car proceeded...