Word: surpass
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Date." Of the series of splendid spectacles brought forward by the Messrs. Rosenfeld, this easily takes the first place. The freshness and beauty of the ballets, the artistic richness of the costumes, the catchy and tuneful music with which it abounds, and the brilliant electrical effects have not been surpassed by any presentation seen in this city in many years. The conclusion of the first act, with its gorgeous ballet of "Drinks," the stage crowded with pretty girls, each group exquisitely and originally costumed to represent some favorite beverage, will arouse the greatest enthusiasm. The spectacular effects in the third...
...fifth annual Harvard-Yale assembly will be given in the Springfield City Hall, Friday evening. It will be the finest ball ever given in Springfield and the decorations will surpass anything ever before attempted. A new feature will be the electric decorations in crimson and blue, the colors of the two colleges; these will be used profusely all over the hall. Besides this there will be elegant floral decorations in palms and chrysanthemums...
...against. There is danger that the players may forget that the conditions may be very different at the end of two weeks. The point to be remembered is that Harvard has as much time for improvement as Yale and that every effort should be put forth to equal and surpass the work that is sure to take place in Yale's secret practice. There is a growing spirit in the University of confidence in the team and there is confidence on the part of the team in the students and the team must have confidence in itself...
...would be hard to surpass yesterday's game as a combination of hard hitting and poor fielding. Last year the first game between the two nines with the same pitchers in the box was very close, four to three and a crowd of some five hundred students turned out in expectation of another good game. All hopes for such a contest were destroyed in the first inning when, after two men out, Harvard made four hits one of them a three-bagger, and aided by a few timely errors, rolled up six runs. From that point on all uncertainty...
...pervades them, qualified by the sensitive fastidiousness inseparable from the highest cultivation, - fit him for the scholar's intimate and the student's guide. Few could appreciate these excellences so fully as Mr. Sargent. He assimilated all that was most characteristic and captivating in this delicious writer, whose fascination surpass that of poets of far loftier pretensions...