Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Only 14 parties entered into the election fray, being 9 fewer than in the election of last May (TIME...
Perfect weather conditions permitted a crowd of 77,000 to enjoy the fray to the utmost. Every seat in the Bowl was occupied when the game got under way. The Cadets, 1200 in number, gave their customary drill exhibition on the field shortly before the contest began. During the intermission between the halves an Army bugler sounded "taps" in memory of Percy Haughton while three Yale cheer leaders and three West Pointers stood at attention with flags lowered and the spectators looked on with heads bared...
...Robert M. LaFollette plunged into the fray for the last and chief drive of his campaign. From Rochester, N. Y., where he set forth his program in detail, he swung south to Scranton where, on the basis of a report that the Republicans were trying to raise $600,000 for their campaign fund in Pennsylvania, he charged them with trying to raise a huge "corruption" or "slush" fund to buy the election...
...Harvard team for several years has shown greater potential strength than Captain Greenough's team did during the second part of Saturday's fray. Best of all no injuries of a serious nature have been reported. That means, barring unforeseen developments, full strength against Dartmouth next Saturday. Cheek, Gehrke, Spalding, and Daley, kept out of Saturday's game for safety's sake, should be at their best by the coming weekend...
Another game of particular interest to Harvard men is the Brown-Boston University fray at Providence. Both of these teams meet the University later in the season. The Brunonians would normally be topheavy favorites, but their injured list includes Captain Sheldon, Eckstein, star center; Stifler, the end who was instrumental in beating Harvard last year; Dixon and Keefer, two of the best backfield men; and others of lesser note. Brown should be the victor, but by a reduced margin...