Word: finest
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...Crescent team has the advantage of playing on their own grounds with a team composed almost entirely of veterans. It is one of the finest teams in the country and has already defeated Columbia by the score of 11 goals to 2, therefore the game today should be a very hard...
...Landschadenbund cup, from the Museum of Gratz; a cup presented to Martin Luther by the Wittenberg town council on the occasion of his marriage; and the Corvinus cup, presented to the Vienna Council by King Corvinus of Hungary in 1642. The collection comprises also reproductions of several of the finest pieces in the private collection of Emperor William...
Through the courtesy of Emperor William the committee received permission to reproduce several of the finest pieces in his collection. This part of the gift includes the Emperor's cup, made by Wenzel Janntzer of Nuremberg during the sixteenth century. Copies of the private collections of the Kings of Wartemberg and Saxony are also included...
From Mr. H. G. Curtis '65, the Museum has received a gift of forty seven bronze reproductions of Italian and French Medals of the Renaissance. These Medals rival in their artistic finish the finest coins of the ancients. The chief Italian and the chief French master in works of this class, Vittore Pisano, and Dupre, are represented in this collection. Among the portraits by these and other medalists are those of Alfonzo V of Aragon, Lionello D'Este of Ferrara, Filippe Maria, Visconti of Milan, Leon Battista Alberti, Cosimo de Medici and Lorenzo de Medici. The medals...
...enormous size of the new buildings which, it is expected, will cost considerably over $2,000,000, is due to the extension of the laboratory method of instruction, which demands much more room than formerly. They will be the finest buildings of their kind in the world, being constructed entirely of white Vermont marble, with the exception of their bases, which will be of pink Milford granite. It was originally intended to use limestone and brick, but later developments have resulted in the substitution of the marble and granite, which will greatly improve the appearance of the structures...