Word: hecatomb
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rugby match most appropriately marks the renewal of Harvard-Princeton contests in Cambridge. No lengthy training, no five dollar seats, and no shrieking ballyhoo have any part in the game. The priests of "sport for sport's sake" can burn another hecatomb. For the spectators, any lack of technique among the players will certainly be compensated by the appearance in person of that famous Will o' the Wisp, the amateur spirit...
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