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Word: sevens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Bemis, '87, broke the record in the seven-mile walk yesterday afternoon by about seven minutes. The previous record was 65m. 15s. His record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/20/1885 | See Source »

Bemis, '87 and Wright, '86 will attempt to-day to break the seven-mile walk record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/19/1885 | See Source »

...weather could have been wished. Before the game the sophomores were generally expected to win, and were strongly backed by their friends. The styles of play of the two teams were in sharp contrast. '88 relied almost entirely upon her half-backs to play a rushing game, while eighty-seven trusted to the long kicks of her half-backs and the rushing of her quarter-back. Eighty-eight excelled in tackling, but eighty-seven was by far her superior in team play, and with her heavy rush line played a better blocking game. The support which the juniors gave their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '87-'88 Foot-Ball Game. | 11/17/1885 | See Source »

...proposed attempt of Wright and Bemis to break the record for the seven mile walk has been postponed. Yesterday the air was too cold and the wind too strong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/17/1885 | See Source »

...authority whatever for this spelling; if there is, I should be most happy to have any member of the club to produce it. I can give him all the names be wants for my way of spelling it, whereas I am afraid he would be hard put to obtain seven well-known names who support his spelling. The correct way of spelling the name of the board is "Shakespeare." I happened to come across a theme the other day, on one of our well known authors, in the heading of which the writer of the theme had spelt the name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "SHAKSPERE," OR "SHAKESPEARE." | 11/17/1885 | See Source »

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