Word: cowardly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Columbia College games at Mott Haven may be of interest: Running high jump - Jenkins, 5 ft. 3 1/2 in. 100 yards dash - Derickson, '85, 10 3/4 s. Mile walk - Taylor, '84, 9m. 14 3.5s. Throwing the hammer (15 lbs.) - Porter, '83, 89 ft. 5 in. Half-mile run - Coward. L. S., 2m. 12 3/4 s. Running broad jump - Jenkins, '84, 20 ft. 3 in. Mile run - Taylor, '84, 5m. 37 1.5 s. 440 yards dash - Jenkins, '84, 59 3-5 s. Putting the shot - Moore, '84, 35 ft. 10 in. 220 yards dash - Derickson...
...stop and get away." A broken head is soon remedied, but a cold leaden pill or a cruel thrust of a knife has cost many a life, and any one who resorts to these weapons, excepting when his life is in danger, is a contemptible coward, without a spark of manhood in his breast, and a disgrace to the Anglo-Saxon race. The accomplishment of boxing should be a part of every American boy's education, as much as fencing or quarter-staff was in the days of "Bluff King...
...seemed to be walking down a long hall, that ever opened before me in an endless vista. At last, far off, white and pale, I saw the figure of a woman coming towards me swiftly, terribly, like a ghost; I, coward enough in my dream, tried to turn away from her. I could stir neither hand nor foot. I pray God I may never again experience that feeling of powerless, supernatural terror. She drew nearer and nearer; and I recognized the face of Bertha Carlin. Then suddenly she stopped, pointed backward; the hall disappeared, the broad sea was before...
...have been giving a burlesque of Bizet's "Carmen" during the week. The last performances of this piece, which is a tolerably good burlesque of a very pretty opera, will be given to-night and to-morrow. Escamillo, the valiant torreador of the original opera, is made a great coward, from whom Don Jose has little trouble in winning Carmen. Mme. Dolaro, who plays in the title-role, is a charming actress, and a very pretty woman. Miss Williams plays her part very cleverly. Next week, "La Fille du Tambour Major," by the same company. October 25, "Voyagers in Southern...