Word: grand
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...German 9 are translating Scott's "Tales of a Grand-father...
...brought out almost the same men as the shorter sprint did. Sherrill and Cary ran in the first heat, Cary winning in 22 2-5 sec., Sherrill being a good second. The second heat went to Robinson of Yale in 23 sec., Vredenburgh second. The final heat was a grand struggle between Sherrill and Cary, the former winning by two feet in 22 1-5 sec., 1-5 of a second better than the intercollegiate record held by him. Robinson of Yale again took third place...
...chances of victory at the Oval are decidedly in favor of Harvard, men should be very willing to accompany the team and give them the support they deserve. The men will leave the Grand Central shortly afternoon on Saturday. The games commence at 2.30, and those who have no reserved seats thould be on the Oval early, as, unless the weather is bad, the grounds will be packed to overflowing...
...Downer well but was off in his throwing to second, and he allowed men to steal third on him several times Howland's work in center field and Dean's at second deserve especial praise. Mason made two good catches but his other attempts were too much on the grand-stand style, and were very disappointing. Downer pitched well except in the fourth inning, when he was very wild and presented Yale with several unearned runs. His infield support was, however, anything but steady. The Harvard men were also very careless in leaving the bases uncovered, and they showed less...
...that the common Viking belief was that the dead were to remain forever in their graves, or at best would inhabit a gloomy hall of death beneath the earth. Many of the higher families, on the other hand, believed that in the fifth of the heavenly regions was a grand palace called Walhalla, so lofty that one could scarcely see the top, with five hundred and forty doors, and with walls hung about with shields and skins, with rafters covered with spears and swords. About the palace was a great wall for a defense, and around the whole...