Word: smarter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first winter meeting yesterday afternoon, and in eight minutes from the close of the "tug-of-war," The Herald was on the street with a full account of the entire proceedings. Sixty minutes later The Echo, true to its name, echoed the report of its sharper and smarter contemporary. - Boston Herald...
...second statement of the essay brings to mind the conviction held by the writer, and doubtless by many others, in their earlier years. When we viewed the world from the foot of the spelling class, years and years ago, we were certain that we were smarter than any other member of it. Now we have written proof, that our superior intellectuality was the real cause of our former disgraceful position, and that, in truth, the rest were mere dolts in comparison with us. It was only another case of the ugly duckling without the ugly duckling's good fortune...
...their race with Harvard. That race is no certainty for either crew, and, although Harvard has a very decided advantage in the matter of weight, which years of experience has proved to be an important factor in the decision of eight-oared races, Columbia offsets that with a much smarter and more taking stroke. A hard race may be expected, especially if, as is likely to be the case, Columbia shows in advance early in the struggle...