Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...take the liberty of taking strong exception to this ill-advised libel of the greatest of all indoor sports, and a sport which is participated in by millions, most of them of a high type citizenship. In fact, we are prepared to prove that no sport on such a large scale has for its participants any higher type of men and women...
...Greatest Measure of rehabilitation," said Secretary Hoover, "is, of course, the establishment by Congress of effective flood con- trol, for such a measure will restore confidence, security and credit...
From the first day of practice, somewhat over a week ago, it has been evident that one of the greatest difficulties confronting Harvard football leaders this year is lack of first rate substitute material. Everywhere is this dearth unmistakably prominent--everywhere, that is, except among the ends. While the coaches have been scouring all quarters for possible quarterbacks, reserve halfbacks, and tackles, they have been forced to wield the axe with a heavy hand among the end candidates and to threaten further devestation in this department, which has reached a very high potential standard...
Time was when the greatest praise which could be bestowed upon an institution of higher learning was to compare it favorably with the New England college and to predict a maintenance, in its students and graduates, of the New England hierarchy. Harvard, however, although sprung directly from New England soil and built up in her youth by New England zeal and vision, may be said to have widened her horizons until now, in the two hundred and ninety-first year of her existence she is recognized to be so representative of the United States in her enrollment...
...rallied, fighting across the carpet toward the U. S. goal. They attacked, missed, attacked and missed again. Then Hitchcock waved his wand again and the score was 3-0. From that moment the event was no longer a contest; the magic of an irresistible team, playing some of the greatest polo ever seen, cheated the charm of the British team, fighting fiercely through a hopeless defeat...