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Word: stronger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bulldogs put on the snarl they wore for Yale at the start of the season. Nice passes and a fake end run made them 12, Alabama 0. Kicks were the important thing in weather that made fingers too stiff to catch passes. Stevens's leg was a shade stronger than Joyce's. Syracuse 6. Columbia 0. By beating Muhlenberg 7-0, Western Maryland became the U. S. team that has won the most (ten), though not the hardest games. Sticking to straight football, West Virginia veered round and thumped past Washington & Jefferson in a snowstorm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...seen. He expressed the wish that Harvard would continue to give such demonstrations yearly as does Princeton and various other colleges. He was enthusiastic in his praise of Peroy. "I am pleased to find Peroy so strong," he said. "I had underrated him, especially with the sabre. He is stronger in all three weapons than the men in New York who specialize in one. He is a good man, and should do much for the sport at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWORDSMEN STAGE GALA PERFORMANCE IN HEMENWAY BOUTS | 12/7/1929 | See Source »

...since the famous Forty Seven Workshop was discontinued. Within the last year these innuendos have gathered momentum and the chances for a revival of a former dramatic glory is looming up with a considerable show of realism. Although nothing definite has appeared, the general undergraduate feeling has certainly grown stronger, and it should be but a matter of time until something material is produced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LES TROIS COUPS | 11/30/1929 | See Source »

...between two basic theories of contract bridge. In recent months the "Vanderbilt convention" (TIME, Sept. 30) -a bid of one club to oblige Partner to declare strength or weakness-has been losing caste. Replacing it has emerged a new convention, a "forcing" system in which the initial bidder, wanting stronger indication of his partner's strength, bids not one club but two in any suit. After many cigarets had been smoked and much ice-water sipped from black goblets the Vanderbilt trophy was presented to the team of the New York Bridge Whist Club. The winners had used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Forcing v. Vanderbilting | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

ently attempted drop kicks when halted within reach of the Harvard goal posts. The result was a clear-out-Yale victory. In 1927, Yale, with an infinitely stronger team than Harvard was only able to score on a couple of long brilliant individual runs. Last year she was completely outplayed. What is the purpose of this comparison. Merely to point out that Yale has in Booth one of the best drop-kickers in the country this season, and that Harvard has at least two who compare very favorably even with him. Also to point out that all Harvard needed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kennard Stresses Importance of Kicking-Coady Loks for Battle | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

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