Word: outwit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first American play, written by a Harvard graduate of the class of 1776, presents a delightful view of early colonial life. A Yankee colonel and his bumpkin servant, who is the first stage Yankee, arrive in a highly Chester-fleldian New York. They contrive to outwit the urbane, unctious continental-mannered dandy, using humorous, embarrassing and patriotic devices. The play winds up with an oration by the Colonel upholding the independence and superiority of the good old United States. Good scene: the bumpkin servant attempting to gain cherub in consequences from a servant girl...
...peppy Terrier sextet, fighting every inch of the way, forced the Harvard ice outfit to the limit in the Arena on Saturday night, and it was not until the final minute of play that Benny Beale was able to outwit the B.U. goalie with the shot that gave the Crimson a 3-2 victory...
There across the Charles River the Harvard student, Franklin D. Roosevelt, disciplined his mind for the grave responsibilities of today. There Lowell penned his poems against slavery; there Hawthorne wrote his "Scarlet Letter"; there Washington schemed to outwit the enemy; there Bell invented the telephone; there Rudy Vallee got his start. The New Yorker...
...year contract on a home-and-home basis, and emphasis will be placed on the diplomatic manouevres since 1926 with their relation to the present move. In that connection, it must be remembered that the function of athletic authorities is not to score diplomatic "points" nor to outwit rival authorities by subtle negotiation, but rather to arrange contests which as nearly as possible reflect the undergraduate sentiment in the institutions involved. Apparently Harvard and Princeton officials have decided in this instance to abandon the first theory in favor of the second and sounder...
...today to give the Injun team a victory, but I Hardy think so. Yesterday afternoon was Friday for the Big Green, and maybe that wily Fishman wasn't busy delivering the goods. Dartmouth has Morton this year than last, and they may be Trusting in a passing attack to outwit the Junior Dean, but Casey told me last Saturday night that he would tighten up on air raids, and I hope that all will be Wells with the Harvard team...