Word: die
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...football prospects take on a brighter look. It would have been a sad thing for Harvard, from the athletic standpoint, if the game had gone against us today. Every man on the eleven felt that fact keenly, and they went in to play with a do-or-die resolution that was a harbinger of sucess...
...effect of the fact on the Harvard team and the Yale team. From the whole history of the Yale teams it is pretty safe to say that the smart of the recent goal by Pennsylvania will only serve to intensify the determination of the Yale players to do or die at Springfield. It has always been the case that Yale has played better under a spur of this sort and this has been, perhaps more prominently than anything else, the distinguishing feature between Harvard and Yale teams. Admitting that in the end the fact of Pennsylvania's goal will...
...gold medal, struck from the Cycling Association die, as first prize, with similar medals in silver, bronze, and white metal, for second, third, and fourth prizes, will be offered in order to bring out a large field of starters. A cup will be given for the best time made over the course, in order to give the fastest riders an object; for, since the main purpose of the race is to bring out and encourage new riders, the committee will give very liberal handicaps...
...call for help has been made to Boston and its vicinity from the town of Brunswick, Georgia. In August the yellow fever appeared in the town, and, while the rich could flee, the poor had to remain and die. Not only this, but business was suspended and the poor that survive are in desperate circumstances, and must depend on the charities of outsiders. A small amount apiece from many men will make a sum that can relieve much distress. No call on our charity could be stronger than such a one as this...
...Fire Charm; "Die Walkure" Wagner...