Word: overly
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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We hope to see among professional clubs, as a result of Saturday's game, a return of that wholesome respect for the Harvard Nine which experience taught, but which seems to have degenerated into a patronizing feeling of superiority. This is not only Harvard's first victory over the "Reds...
"Marking down" sets of books from a very high to what is termed a low figure is a popular way of drawing in those who do not see that the man of straw was set up simply for the purpose of knocking him over again.
THE nice little boating row at Yale is all over, and the Skull and Bones still exists.
THE Springfield course has been thoroughly tried, and has turned out so bad that all are agreed that we must select a new racing-ground. At Springfield the finish is five miles in a direct line from the city and about seven by the road, and the railroad and hotel...
Every robbery and defalcation, from that of the clerk who took the money from the letters in the Post-Office to the more recent case of the Albany cashier, was committed for the selfish purpose of living better. The former bought a house for his parents; the others took what...