Word: melted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...play when they scored two touchdowns in four minutes. Wherever they hit the line the backs went through for long gains. On the defensive, the line held strongly and not once did Pennsylvania gain a yard through the centre. On the other hand, Pennsylvania's line seemed to melt away as soon as the ball was snapped, and the runner was frequently thrown for a loss. On the offensive, Harvard's line opened up holes well and played a strong, hard game...
...strongly impressed upon Venetian art. His most distinguished pupil was Bellini. The two Bellinis, father and son, lived and worked in Padua, and were influenced strongly by its art. Yet they are the real founders of Venetian art. Color is still predominant; hardness of line and statuesqueness of form melt away before its influence. Bellini attracts on account of his honest and earnest painting of saints and madonnas. His characters are dignified and possessed of angelic qualities. Truth and elegance mark his style, but not fire or splendor...
...Peabody was a prophecy of a united church. Though men questioned his doctrine no one ever suggested that he had not the spirit of Christ. As a heavy fall of snow, that, for the time, blocks all communication among men, is melted away in the presence of a genial sun; so the barriers of sect disappear and must disappear before such a kindly personality as that of the gentle preacher of Harvard. Men like him do not break barriers, they melt; they do not make an attack, they create an atmosphere...