Word: triumphed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last year the Harvard and Dartmouth sextets came neck and neck down the home stretch of the hockey season, to clash at the Arena for the mythical Eastern championship. A 3 to 2 triumph for the Crimson, and a victory over Yale in the final of the Eli series brought the laurels to Captain Cumings...
...that the game scheduled between the Red Sox and Braves for the previous Saturday is not cancelled because of bad weather. This will mark the Crimson's first appearance against a major league club since 1916, when Eddie Mahan succeeded in twirling his nine to a 2 to 0 triumph over the Red Sox, an outfit which later annexed the world's pennant. Coach Mitchell was in charge of that Harvard team of 11 years...
...characters of this novel are articulate; they speak in conventional phrase, but the authoress has exhibited considerable dexterity in uncovering, sometimes gently, often ironically, what they really mean and what emotions within are contending with the sham of their spoken words. It has been Miss Parish's distinct triumph that she has accomplished this largely within the speeches of of the characters themselves, and has not resorted to tedious obiter dicta. Futhermore, she has decorated their halting or dissembling utterances with the impressionistic detail that filled their minds at the time,--the flowers on the table, a wide sweep...
...Hearst-Editor Arthur Brisbane could exclaim: "The rejection of the treaty is largely a triumph for Christian missionaries. He did so ignorantly here. The only missionary interests in Turkey urged ratification of the treaty...
...rocket choir' of Princeton, 'Rah! Rah! Rah! Ss!-boom-ah!' probably ranks next in point of interest. It sprang up as the result of athletic enthusiasm, first venting itself over some triumph. It certainly is very original and striking...