Word: fiercer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Yale eleven played without doubt the best game it was capable of. Its fierce attack, thwarted again and again by a fiercer defense, was each time renewed with an increased intensity that made it finally irresistible. On the defense, Yale's play was as determined and effective as Harvard's, but less conspicuous because fully expected, while Harvard's defensive strength stood out because of the record of previous games as a complete surprise. Neither team gained much ground on trick plays and gains by quarterback runs were with one or two exceptions limited to two or three yards each...
...Before you is a strenuous battle, fiercer than any cavalry charge -- the battle of economics, of society. Its issue will effect the foundations of government and involve all the relations of life. There will be the shadows, the repulses, the defeats, but if you do your duty there can be nothing better...