Word: meadowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first of these tracts was given to the President and Fellows of Harvard College in 1870 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow '59 and by members of his family. The first tract contained about 70 acres and was located in the meadow land on the Brighton side of the Charles River...
This great ensemble of Society and hoi polloi is a composite picture of the great crowd which three times visited Meadow Brook field to see the international military polo championship between the teams of the U.S. and Great Britain...
Southampton. Vincent Richards lugged home, permanently this time, the Meadow Club's massive challenge trophy from the invitation tennis singles at Southampton (L. I.). In 1920 and 1922, the Yonkers youth had won two legs on his booty, and in clinching it last week he gave a grand and conclusive exhibition. His opponent was Carl Fischer, intercollegiate champion and a victor in earlier rounds over both the California Kinseys and Clarence J. Griffin (who has beaten Alonso of Spain). Richards shot through Fischer, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, with a brilliancy that robbed their match of all dubiety...
...Douglas, the Yale star, was leading in the final leg of the race until Connolly of Georgetown came from behind in the last 50 yards and crossed the finished a winner by a small margin. The time for the distance was 8 minutes 3 8-10 seconds, a new Meadow-brook record, but 8 seconds slower than the indoor record which is held by the University of Pennsylvania...
...marching of White-sheeted Unknowns through the streets at midnight, bearing lighted torches and holding secret conclave in some secluded meadow, savors too much of the mysterious to pass without curiosity. Banquos's attitude has been prevalent: "Are ye fantastical, or that indeed Which outwardly ye show?" The glamour of romance, more alluring because not fully known, hangs over the whole organization. But when neighbors disappear, when courts of justice are invaded; or, on the other hand, when the village poor family is supplied with food and money by a disguised visitor, then the Klan must be thought...