Word: cousin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Baker, who won the 100 and 220 yards dashes, in the Harvard athletic meeting, is a cousin of Wendell, the Harvard sprinter of '82, and in running resembles him greatly. He has won every event he has contested at Harvard with ridiculous ease, and bids fair to be a phenomenon. He runs easily, and in comparison with his antagonists seems to go no faster than a jog. Delafield promises well for the mile run. '85 distinguished itself in this meeting by receiving only one prize, the second in the half-mile run '86 won six first and two second prizes...
...their representatives a cordial reception. Taking everything into consideration, the event may be set down as very successful, both with regard to the number of entries and the interest aroused. Mr. Baker won the admiration of all by his beautiful running, and showed himself a worthy successor to his cousin, Mr. Evert Wendell. His time cannot be taken as a criterion of what he is capable of, since in none of the events in which he competed was he pressed very hard...
...private telegram from Colorado announces the death yesterday of Commander Terry of the navy, of consumption. He was a grandson of Maj. Nathaniel Terry of Hartford, Ct., and a cousin of Maj. Gen. Terry...
...reading?" Pray heavens, sir critic, they may read it to better advantage than thee. But tell me, was there not something asinine in that last roar? Did not the patronizing lion show his ears? I hesitate - perhaps there is slight ground for such rude talk - but our trans-Atlantic cousin has blundered elsewhere. May we ask of him, with all deference, in the future to leave American books alone, or to examine their contents more carefully. Who knows but that he might correct certain errors and find more edification and less amusement. Still the conviction remains, as the young lady...
...Freshman Chemistry in particular, we freshmen still suffer very much from the foul odors engendered in experiments. - (I looked up the word in the dictionary, it's all right). Now, mother says I am looking quite badly, and father says I smell like a barkeeper, and my cousin Mary says I am horrid, so that she has to use her smelling-bottle. And . . ." [Here we cut out some affecting lamentations.] "Help us ere we dye. Very sincerely yours...