Word: fought
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...close and hard fought game was played on Soldiers Field Friday afternoon between the Harvard and Beachmont lacrosse teams. Harvard won by a score...
...there are other opportunities for athletic training, the present game should be given up. However one may disagree with the President, it cannot be denied that his attitude is a legitimate one and although on some points, such as "the state of mind of the spectators at a hard fought football match," he seems to be ignorant of the actual facts, there is throughout his remarks on the subject a sincerity which adds greatly to their force...
...most noteworthy change was the provision which allowed a substitution of mathematics and modern languages for Greek, a change which the secondary schools had long fought...
...struggle against sin it has given definiteness to the blows that they were struck against an enemy. But now the evil one is gone although the evil ones remain. In the time to come, people will do well if they fight evil with such vigor as our forefathers fought the devil...
...becomes unfit physically, he should be kept out of it. But once and for all, let us not give the youths of the day the impression that the only sports to be indulged in are those which do not call for courage. To the timid, a vigorous, well-fought football game is an unpleasant spectacle, and they shudder to think of the possibilities. * * * A man of courage knows too well the dangers of the game, but he also knows how much greater are its benefits...