Word: keenest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...give battle to the Crimson entries. Harvard, with an easy triumph over Holy Cross and Brown, and the Hanoverians, with the Syracusan scalps in their belts, have an even chance to win according to the rival coaches. Whatever the final outcome may be, there is little doubt that the keenest competition will be the order...
...made aware of what these men have been doing for the sweetest of the arts; and even in the black of night the cloistered scholar may awake to find the strains of music penetrating the former fastness of the Yard. How unbecoming then to impute motives other than the keenest interest in making sport to the promoters of the present music marathon...
Yale was far in the lead as Dartmouth's keenest rival. Smith was picked as the favorite women's college, with Vassar and Wellesley tied for second place...
...time an echo of the joy is felt in Cambridge. For the voting seniors have taken the edge off the old song, "Don't send my boy to Harvard". Next to the college on the hill, Harvard is chosen closest to the hearts in green. Yale is Dartmouth's keenest rival: the Indians picked Smith as their favorite woman's college. In the choice another significant note is discernible in the balloting, for Dartmouth men may justly claim the virtue of consistency...
This brings us back to the original purpose for which this article was written. In their book-collecting, what kinds of books elicit keenest interest? What authors, what subjects? Undoubtedly, as is evidenced by the recent exhibition of the John Barnard Associates, held in the Treasure Room, there is a real and very satisfying interest in the well-printed book, in typography. There are two causes for this. One is the very fine work some of our modern presses are doing, but the prime cause can be traced directly to Professor Winship's influence, his love for the work...