Word: started
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...centuries the novel had been seeking to make a place for itself in France and had succeeded only now and then by a happy accident. It was George Sand who gave the novel the start it needed. Since then it has become one of the principal forms of French literature...
...door work of the 'Varsity this spring has been a little more severe than usual on account of the southern trip which necessitates the early rounding out of the team and the choice of a nine. It is also the policy this year to start the men in hard and give them less work as the season advances. It is though that this southern trip will be one of the best means of selecting the nine early. All of the best men will be tested on this trip with the result that there will undoubtedly be a great change...
With the exception of the Freshman squad almost all of the men on the river yesterday went at their work handsomely as if they had something to start with. This is the result of last season 's enthusiasm for boating which resulted in the establishment of a thorough system...
...annual indoor interscholastic games will be held this afternoon in Mechanics' Hall, Boston, at 2 o'clock. The events should all well contested from start to finish, and promise of future Harvard material the meeting should be very interesting...
...exercises and run about two miles on the board track. Of late these runs have increased in length. '98 went 11 miles on Saturday and the '99 squad ran about nine miles yesterday afternoon. None of the squads have as yet been reduced, but next week when the crews start regular rowing on the river the number will be cut down. At least twenty-four men, however, are likely to be taken from each class...