Word: seldom
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...visit to the old cities of the interior, whose remarkable ruins give some idea of the civilization which flourished there ages before the coming of Europeans to America. These cities, once so magnificent, are now overgrown by forests, inhabited only by wild animals, and many of them seldom visited by man. Mr. Gordon also told several anecdotes illustrative of the character and customs of the present inhabitants of Honduras...
Probably never in the history of Harvard athletics has there been greater need of a glorious victory than just at this time. The Yale game pulled down the spirit of the students to a point which it has seldom reached and had Pennsylvania beaten us it is hard to tell what might have happened. Within a week we have gone clear to the depths of misery and now a plucky set of men have brought us up again to something above our normal spirit and have saved us from a disaster which would have had its effect on the good...
Perhaps the most striking thing, though not the hardest to account for, in our college life this fall is the unity of opinion which has existed here since college opened. Seldom, if ever, has there been less fault-finding and less criticism of the team, than has been heard here in the last two months. On all sides there is that quiet determination to win, which goes so far toward winning. And it is easily accounted for. To a remarkable degree the students have been content with the vaguest reports on the secret practice and have left its results...
Fruits, which under the old system were seldom if ever allowed, are now given freely twice a day. Bananas, apples, grapes and oranges are those usually served during the football season. For breakfast there is, besides these, oatmeal, cracked wheat, and hominy, with plenty of cream and sugar, beefsteak, mutton chops, broiled chicken and eggs. For lunch, cereals are served again and the same meats as at breakfast, with baked, stewed or boiled potatoes. Several kinds of fish are allowed, but are little cared...
...great difference, however, between eastern and western football, he says, is remarkably evident in the kicking and punting. In the east a good deal of time is devoted to these details, and consequently we find fullbacks who seldom make a bad punt or miss a goal. In the west it is different; the kicking and punting is poor-it could hardly...