Word: strengthe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...increasing strength of the opposing hurlers, especially of those from Holy Cross, Michigan, and New Hampshire State, has lowered the Harvard sluggers' batting average to the .329 mark. This is a decrease of 16 points in the last six contests...
...sentiment at New Lecture Hall was undoubtedly pro-Smith, as the presidential poll early in the spring indicated; but the sudden acquisition of strength to Baker, comparable as an opposition candidate to McAdoo in 1924, brought matters to an impasse. Once again, the balance swung between Smith and his rival; once again the desperate efforts of proselyting delegates failed to bring victory to the Governor; once again a tired assemblage decided on a third candidate, and somewhat uncertainly united the two combatting factions...
...oarsmen, after showing great power on Saturday in their two and a half length defeat of a Cornell Freshman boat reputed to have held the first Ithacan crew even in early season competition, will not have another opportunity this spring to test their strength against invaders on the Charles. Coach H. H. Haines' charges make their next official start when they line up next to Yale on the Thames on June...
...evident that the persons who think that a Chinaman can not do the "baggage lugging, berth boosting, window opening" task of a Negro Pullman Porter is badly mistaken and can learn a lot about the strength and endurance of a Chinaman, by spending a week-end** out here amongst them...
California's 26 nominating votes were thus instructed for Smith. Two days later, Connecticut added her 14 to the Smith list, making it 541½ first-ballot votes. With such pro-Smith States as Maryland, New Jersey, Wyoming and Vermont yet to be heard from, and reserve Smith strength at hand from at least two Favorite Sons (Ohio's Pomerene, Nebraska's Hitchcock), the rush for the brown derby counter seemed so well under way that Smith men tried to talk down their earlier talk of acclaiming Candidate Smith on the first ballot at Houston. It would...