Word: flooding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...flood of goals displeased the B. U. coach, and as a result Kelley went in for Hurteau. After the change the Crimson succeeded in making but one more score before the gong, when Harding lifted in a long shot which slipped between the goal tender's knees...
...Lamont has not yet "with a new song's measure" trampled "a kingdom down," he has at least qualified as one of those "movers and shakers" of whom O'Shaughnessy sings. Since the publication of his recent article in the Advocate, there has been a flood of discussion and criticism which has served the useful purpose of bringing some very vital questions into the public eye. Mr. Wesson is the latest to enter the controversial lists with a short essay in the current Gad-Fly, aiming to show that there are four distinct groups at Harvard...
...flood of applications for tickets to the Harvard-Yale football game which were coming in at the ticket offices of the H. A. A. in every mail a few weeks ago has now given way to a stream of letters suggesting how next year's applications should be filled...
...Immortales Di!" shrieked the Blot, and disappeared beneath the inrushing flood. The jester used his baton to paddle his chair to the Ibis, who was singing a last swan-song. As the weight of his bells capsized Lampy into the angry waters, the wise bird gurgled, "Though we may die to prove it, we shall never be funny...
...become interested in education until he found it necessary to provide for the education of the children of the laborers on his reclamation projects. After the Dayton, Ohio, flood, he founded the Moraine Park School in that city, an institution which instructed children by advanced methods. The trustees of Antioch College, a liberal arts institution, several years ago called Mr. Morgan to the presidency in order to straighten out the financial difficulties of the college...