Word: rival
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Preliminary steps have been taken to establish in Chicago a great medical school which shall rival the best European institutions. It is proposed to combine several of the best schools already existing in the city, and make them a department of the University of Chicago...
Preliminary steps have been taken to establish in Chicago a great medical school which shall rival the best European institutions. It is proposed to combine several of the best schools already existing in the city, and make them a department of the University of Chicago...
...moral essays and satires occupied his last fourteen years. His Essay on Man, although never regarded as of any philosophical value, shows well in its grace and smoothness of diction, the powers of the poet. His last years were given to didactic satires, in which he is without a rival...
Till the end of his life he was absolutely without a rival in literary circles. All humbled themselves in his presence. In 1637 he was struck with palsey and died and was buried in the north isle in Westminster Abbey...
...work of the eleven was fully up to the expectation of the college. It must be admitted, however, that Yale's was not. In touching upon this point one treads on delicate ground, for to accuse a victorious rival of ungentlemanly playing is not, as a rule, showing a truly sportsmanlike spirit. In this case, however when Yale's tactics were so apparent; when the rough and unmannerly conduct was not the exception, but was main fained throughout the game, it seems only fair to the Harvard players to refer to the matter. The treatment which Gray and Brewer received...