Word: keenest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gates. The colors of the two colleges were every where displayed, and relieved the monotonous black of the dense crowds packed about the since lines. The grand stand was fairly overflowing with fair supporters of the crimson or blue who, judging from their applause, seemed to take the keenest interest in every play. The ground was a tritle slippery, but otherwise everything seemed to contribute toward making the day a most perfect one for foot-ball. As the Yale team entered the enclosure several new faces appeared among them. Hull, Knapp and Bacon were not present, while Rechards and Terry...
...well be questioned even by those who are inclined to the most liberal policy, whether the college is yet ready for so important a step. What is certain is that whatever future moves may be made by the college in this direction will be watched with the keenest interest...
...jelly and tin combined in certain proportions. Though small and seemingly any thing but robust, it would have been worse than prolepsis - to would have been a terrible anacoluthon - to suppose that his prowess was to be measured by his stature. The fourth of this stout band had the keenest eye and longest head that mortal ever beheld. Clad cap-a-pie in chain armor he surveyed with sweeping glance the whole quadrangle. His single offensive weapon - a sword-cane - he used with such skill and precision that he could transfix an enemy with it every time at an angle...