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Word: vastness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...favor a man who for fifty years guided the destinies of the Empire, and raised it from the position of an unimportant state to be one of the chief countries of the world. Mr. Bates also spoke of the incongruous elements of the people in Brazil, and of the vast territory to be governed by so small a population...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Union. | 12/7/1889 | See Source »

...till the last. Harvards's errors were very costly. Twice wild throws let in three unearned runs. These unexcusable errors, however, were confined to one or two men on the team, and the others played well straight through. There is one point, nevertheless, in which the nine must make vast improvement if they hope to make a creditable showing. We refer to the batting, which was deplorably weak. Unless the nine make a great advance in this particular their chances for success are indeed slight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/27/1889 | See Source »

...have gone to the men from New Haven. For Harvard at times neither the baserunners nor the coachers had the slightest idea what was the correct thing to do, and the result was several easy putouts by Yale when Harvard needed runs the most. Unless the nine makes a vast improvement in this particular there is not the slightest chance for victory at New Haven on June 1. The coaching also was very poor. In the field the work was better though by no means steady. The infield men were inclined to interfere with each other, and the backing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard '92, 13; Yale '92, 9. | 5/23/1889 | See Source »

...Topics of the Day" presents some interesting facts concerning the library. The data show not only that at Harvard some serious work is done which may make the disciples of "Aleck Quest" open their eyes, but that there is a vast difference between the use made of the books here and at Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advocate. | 4/29/1889 | See Source »

...some benefit, and it seems hardly possible that the good affect should be shown later on in the season if not now. A majority of the match games to be played are with strong teams and, unless the material is hopelessly poor, the men ought surely to show vast improvement in the next two or three weeks. Unless this improvement appears there is little chance that ninety-two will be successful in the Yale games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/15/1889 | See Source »

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