Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...success the affair must first of all be widely publicized. The whole country should be let in on the importance of such an institution as Harvard, told of the value of privately endowed institutions, and of the service performed for the community by America's great, primarily non-athletic Universities. No better way than a spectacular celebration for the oldest and greatest of these institutions could be found for spreading this sort of good propaganda...
...three and a half scoreless periods the Crimson kept the ball well into enemy territory. But the unorthodox eleven man defense which the visitors presented prevented any material success of the five-man attack...
...appearance of Bill Parquette, who was slated for the varsity squad, was unexpected, but added much to the success of the Crimson triumph...
Captain White expressed himself as being favorably impressed with the attitude the squad is developing, but would make no comment as to the success the team might be expected to encounter during the season. Junior Varsity Coach Charles Kollinites has been laboring indefatigably to insure the health and strength of the squad. Special exercises for the strengthening...
...Spain which afterward provided Goethe with the theme for a play, Beaumarchais was attacked by a jealous nobleman whose mistress he had stolen. His release from prison after this scandalous affair made him a popular hero, since it was considered a triumph over arrogant nobles. His pamphlets and the success of The Barber of Seville made him famed. But he was still poor, and as a secret agent of Louis XVI, authorized to prevent the publication of damaging pamphlets, he printed others, then paid himself for destroying them. He was arrested by Queen Maria Theresa of Austria when he tried...