Word: keen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Keen, c. Pool, b. Clark...
...game this afternoon between Harvard '96 and Yale '96 promises to be of extreme interest. The juniors of Harvard will doubtless be present in a body, but they should not be alone. Wholly apart from the naturally keen rivalry between the two colleges in every field, there will be today the extra attraction of a thoroughly good game. The Yale class nine is reported to be very strong, and there can be no doubt that the Harvard nine, at least in fielding, is above the average of class teams. The playing should be good even though judged by an absolute...
...under discussion, as it "touched him up" too deeply. Dr. Abbott, for the judges, then declared that the decision was not unanimous, but that it gave the victory to Princeton. There was some applause at the announcement, as the verdict, while fully deserved by the Princeton representatives, was a keen disappointment at Yale...
...librettist has turned out a book very much on the old Meihac & Halevy lines, taking mythological dramatis personae and the gist of an old myth, and burlesquing the whole by the introduction of all sorts of modern matter. And in this he has shown a very keen eye for caricature. Take, for instance, his fusion of the Greek Pluto with the modern Devil, of Hades with Hell, and then further burlesquing the composite by making Hell a sort of modern hotel, into which no sinless person can obtain admission; this is excellent burlesque. His working-out of this comic donnee...
...first feeling aroused by this prospect will with many be one of keen indignation, and with all one of extreme regret; but the latter feeling will grow at the expense of the former. However distasteful the opinions of the Faculty may be, no one will question that they spring from a sincere devotion to the welfare of the University. It is, however our belief, as it has been, that the action of the Faculty is mistaken and ill-timed, and that with the present widespread disposition to reform intercollegiate. football, the game could actually be brought back to its proper...