Word: greatest
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Marrow, Alfalfa. "One of the greatest services a man could render the world today would be the formulation of a recipe for an appetizing dish of bone marrow. Next would come an introduction of alfalfa as an item of our menus. Alfalfa is the richest of all foods in vitamin and iron."-Professor Louis S. Davis, Indiana University...
...joint endeavor of Harvard and the Boston Public Library in establishing the greatest business library the world has ever known in the new school at Cambridge which Mr. Baker has made possible is of double significance. By this joining forces with the collegians the city of Boston has demonstrated a friendly appreciation of what the university can do for her business interests and a spirit of cooperation in a very practical case that will work for the advancement of both...
...expression "extension courses" could mean more often educational activity untouched by vocationalism, and conducted by the greatest scholars of the age and less often courses in accounting, business principles, and home-making the university would be doing a greater service to the intelligent public than it possibly can by assuming duties properly belonging to vocational training schools...
...Number 15 is one of the greatest shells I have ever built. It was in its prime when the Crimson took it to England and captured the Challenge Cup in the great Hanley Race from some of the greatest crews in England. The 150 pound crew have been using it for the last three years. It staged a proud comeback year before last when they defeated Yale in it. This boat I'm working on now is on the lines of the old Number 15, and will be as fast. It will probably be initiated by the University Crew this...
...That is a fisher," he pointed out to his audience of one, "and is the greatest curiosity in the show. I can say that not one man in a million has seen one. It is first cousin to the mink, of the wolverine family, and vanishes like a flash when approached. Men who have lived in the bush for years have never seen...