Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...official proceedings, broadcast over the 'Poon's public address system, were somewhat marred by rival CRIMSON loudspeakers established in adjoining Adams and Lowell rooms. Later, after the members of the newly-formed "State of Lampoon" had retired behind their barbed wire and sawdust sack fortifications, these barricades were breached by a determined charge, which reached the front door of the building and obtained half of the "State of Lampoon" banner before the cessation of hostilities...
With the Crimson leading 14 to 13, going into the final match, Houston pinned his old football rival John Chernak at 1:02 with a body press. Houston's five points preserved the Harvard...
Captain Jim McKittrick in the number three match had little trouble with rival Dick Travis. McKittrick cashed in with quick 15 to 8, 15 to 6, and 15 to 9 games...
Like a Flatworm. Calculating machines have been getting better and more complicated, Professor McCulloch told the engineers, but they have a long way to go before they rival the brain. A big calculator with 10,000 vacuum tubes may be a useful machine, but it has no more "intelligence" than a primitive flatworm with about that number of nerve cells. Lecturer McCulloch frankly admits that he cannot explain, in terms of electrical engineering, the brain's creative powers...
...Crimson grapplers-have special reasons for wanting to win their matches today. Neil Hastie, wrestling at 160, will be pitted against one of his former teammates, while ex-Andover man Al Sawyer will get a chance to tussle with an old rival...