Word: broke
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University and Freshman crews race on Lake Cayuga. The chief interest centres in the contest between the two University crews, always a splendid race, well fought out from start to finish. This year we seem to have slightly the advantage of our opponents. To be sure, the Cornell crew broke the record on the Henley course last Saturday in the race with the Harvard second crew, but none of the men are oarsmen of much experience in a university boat. On the other hand the Harvard crew is chiefly composed of members of last year's victorious eight...
...answer to a cheer, President Eliot then spoke of the pleasure it would give him to keep the clock in the study of his Brattle street home, and in closing proposed a cheer for President Lowell. After singing "Fair Harvard," the assemblage broke...
...history of the drama in France showed this leaning toward paganism to such a marked degree that by 1630 the clergy was unequivocally opposed to it. With the production of Moliere's "L'Ecole des Femmes" in 1662, the long-maturing conflict between the clergy and the new literature broke forth. Louis XIV was compelled to banish this comedy for a time from the stage...
After a few minutes' rest another period of ten minutes was played in which the University team added another score, but that was all they could do, as the second played a purely defensive game and broke up all attempts at team-play...
Newton's brilliant playing was easily the best shown in the game; he broke up many of Brown's plays and threw several very good goals. Allen and Currie also did good work for the University. For Brown, Hill and McKay played the best games...