Word: climax
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...does this morning. All of us realize that the fight will be bitter and desperate from the start. Last year's lesson is fresh in the minds of Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores, and all are determined to support to the utmost a team whose progress, though slow, reaches its climax today...
...truly a comedienne of charming naivete. Although her lack of voice is a real handicap, she dominates the evening completely by her personality and natural grace. The climax of the entertainment was reached when she gave a number of her inimitable impersonations. From the "divine Sarah" to Eddie Foy and on again to Ethel Barrymore, she flitted with ease and surprising success...
After the overwhelming defeat by Harvard--the climax of Yale's most disastrous rowing season--Yale graduates took the situation into their own hands. A Committee was appointed to consider and to advise Captain Romeyn. Fred Allen, the 1900 captain, was chairman of this committee, and Mr. Cook was a member of it. The committee went over the situation at great length with Captain Romeyn, and held a second meeting in New York last week, at which Captain Romeyn was advised to make Mr. Rodgers head coach for 1912. This advice Mr. Romeyn accepted...
...barbaric glitter and wayward humor of the numbers from Rimsky Korsakoff's early opera "Snegourotchka," the orchestra rose to a climax of brilliancy and real unity of ensemble, which constitute a very palpable executive achievement...
...recently appeared the climax of feeble-minded absurdity, entitled "The Harvard Low-Life." We have omitted mention of this latest output till now for the reason that not until yesterday was it seen on sale in one of the most conspicuous newstands of Boston. "The Harvard Low-Life"--a title which alone is disgraceful--is the most mercenary scheme of this sort that has yet seen the light. The advertisements are filled in with "news" and "jokes" which are puerile, cheap, and asinine. The paper is without justification of any kind...