Word: swifter
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...poor condition of the ice prevented a close and interesting contest; but there were, nevertheless, frequent instances of excellent team and individual work on both sides. Although the Boston club played a very fast games, the University players proved to be more consistent and were able to win through swifter and more accurate passing. Goodridge and Fenwick, for the Boston team, and Winsor, Rumsey and Penhallow for Harvard, were very effective...
...Swifter than lightning Dante transcends the earth, and travels from planet to planet towards the highest beatitude. The first heaven is the planet of the Moon, where dwell the souls of those whose wills though set upon virtue, were unstable in character. From the Moon Beatrice lifts Dante with a look to the second heaven of Mercury, where rest the souls of those who have pursued honor and glory on earth. Their low station in heaven is owing to their excessive desire for honor while in the world of the living. The third sphere is that of the planet Venus...
...first set was started tentatively, the men slowly playing a swifter game. There was much excellent lobbing. Chase usually getting his points by side line plays. Hoppin got most of his points by steady playing and a few good places. In this set both men put more balls into the net than out, and there was almost no driving. Hoppin finally won through his steadiness. Score...
Dalzell, Yale '91, is a candidate for pitcher's position on next year's nine. He is a swifter pitcher than Stagg, but is not expert with the curves. It is thought that Osborne, '88 Sheff, will catch...
...there is a Harvard nine this year it will have a battery that will be hard to equal in any college. Nichols has improved steadily during the winter, and, though his delivery is swifter than that of most professional pitchers, it has no terrors for Allen, who is holding him in fine style. [Globe...