Word: onslaught
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...Harvey's, and Pickett's. But not for 40 years, in 1877, were the McGuffey's seriously threatened. Then appeared the Appleton readers, prepared by the school superintendents of St. Louis and Cleveland with a Yale professor. It was a lavish series, handsomely illustrated. The McGuffey's survived this onslaught only by those sterling moral values which had made them a byword in the land, a staple commodity at every general store. That they have now vanished utterly from schoolrooms will be difficult to prove, especially since they owe their whole existence to what many claimed, at the time...
...Glass are not transparent, but the data presented show their comparative value for use in solariums and for animal husbandry in cases in which transparency is not essential. Both of these substances are less expensive than ordinary window glass, but the Flex-O-Glass does not withstand the onslaught of the weather as well as does the Cel-O-Glass. The waxy coating of the Flex-O-Glass has a tendency to soften in hot sunshine, and dust may then adhere which is not easily washed off. This material is primarily intended, however, for use in animal husbandry to provide...
...Cutts '28, is slated to occupy the mound for Harvard, while Slayton will attempt to check the Crimson sluggers for the Wildcats. Although Slayton held Tufts to six scattered hits, he lasted only two innings against the onslaught of the Dartmouth batsmen...
...University lacrosse team added another defeat to its record last Saturday, by bowing to the onslaught of a strong Cornell twelve...
...pound class F. R. Sullivan '27 of the University beat R. R. Peat-field '28 of M. I. T. and in the 125-pound class Walter Kwok, the M. I. T. captain won from Aaron Gordon '27. Kwok's onslaught was so terrific in the first minutes that it took Gorden two rounde to recover his poise, but, realizing that his opponent did not out-class him as much as he had appeared to, he fought an even third round...