Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...kicking game. Once she tried to rush but could not gain, and finally, on Harvard's 47 yard line, Daly began to rush the ball. Three 10 yard rushes,--on two double passes and a mass play,--four five yard rushes, and then Yale made a stand. A final burst by Ellis, however, gave Harvard first down on Yale's eight-yard line. Again Ellis was sent into the line, with Donald pushing him, and finally, on the ninth trial, he failed to gain and Yale got the ball on downs. On McBride's punt out, Daly made a fair...
...club of this nature; further than this, that to a man we are willing to take hold and help in whatever way we can. A great deal of money must still be raised; and, if we expect the graduates to contribute, we must first prove that this no momentary burst of enthusiasm, but that we are interested heart and soul, and that we accept as the greatest good fortune, the opportunity that is at last offered us to begin the work. The University Club has now become a personal matter with every resident member of the University. The least...
...sympathies of all sportsmen have been with her in her efforts to maintain the magnificent record she has made in the past, by the exercise of those qualities which even her hereditary opponents cannot but admire and honor. Harvard, on the other hand, has strained every nerve to burst the chain of defeats which have been piling up their weight until it has become almost unendurable. The two teams have met, therefore-the one desperate in its fight to prove worthy of proud traditions; the other equally desperate in its struggle for vindication. But, in spite of this intensity...
...more honored in the breach than in the observance. I allude to the stamping by the students in Memorial Hall upon the slightest provocation. This evening a lady and gentleman entered the gallery, and the latter, happening to have his hat on, was greeted by a loud burst of stamping almost before he had reached the top of the staircase. He at once left the gallery. A similar incident took place a day or two ago in the case of two elderly men. These people undoubtedly offended, not from design but from ignorance of our customs. To loudly stamp under...
...CXXX, 117.- (b) Knew he could not be elected.- (x) States in favor of him had 69 votes, those opposed 94: No. Am. Rev. CXXX, 117.- (4) Grant was not renominated simply on grounds of political expediency.- (a) Was a military leader "made President in a burst of popular gratitude": Nation, XXX, 342.- (b) Was a bad executive.- (w) Administration was full of scandals: Nat. Quar. Rev. XL, 377.- (x) Surrounded himself with men of low character: Nation, XXX, 342.- (y) Was a military executive: Nat. Quar. Rev., XL, 391.- (z) Stood for no definite policy: Nation...