Word: moment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...From the moment the ball landed in Captain Wendell's arms after the first kickoff, there was not a doubt as to the outcome of the game. He carried it in from the 10-yard line to within five yards of the centre of the field. From there 10 rushes sufficed to carry the ball straight over the line for a touchdown, after which Hitchcock kicked the goal. In this march down the field Wendell, H. Hardwick, and Brickley shared honors, the first being given the ball on the final plunge thus scoring his first touchdown for the year...
...hard-earned victory. Never before in the history of baseball was there such--well-friendly umpiring. Mr. Butler was Prudential and the very soul of official dignity. Mr. Morse was positively graceful in his gestures to silence those who held other opinions than his. The most thrilling moment of the struggle, when things looked hard for the Funny Fellow, was when Mr. Butler, raising his other hand, shushed the clamoring crowd, and sweetly, but firmly, remarked: "Strike one! batter...
...most significant athletic symposium of modern times will be pulled off this afternoon on the Freshman diamond shortly after the sun strikes four o'clock. At precisely that moment the Arterial Pen Pushers will attempt to spatter CRIMSON ink over the much-heralded Phi Beta Kappa nine...
...cutting" immediately before and after a vacation. The argument advanced is that it does not seem fair to apply the same restriction equally to those men who are faithful in keeping college engagements and those who "cut" consistently as much as possible. We do not advocate for a moment the system of a definite number of "cuts" which obtains in most other colleges: first, because it encourages that childish sense of obligation to use up all the "cuts" whether they are needed or not; and second, because we believe with the Dean that it is in accordance with conditions here...
...scene of the second act is in Hugglesland, near the North Pole. Upon the arrival of Bixby and his impecunious friend Snaffles, the strikers are invited to seize him and are about to throw him to the polar bears. Higdig, however, arrives at the right moment. Gloriana and Chalkstones, now married, appear, and everything turns out all right. Bixby becoming engaged to Anne Higdig who has been doing settlement work among the Eskimos...