Word: went
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...board of aldermen. The aldermen confessed who had bribed them and it was found that they made up the ablest, most courageous, and most enterprising citizens of the city, as had been the case in New York. They were after franchises and grants,--in other words, privileges. Then I went up to Minneapolis and found the condition of corruption the same. Here they had gone still further and criminals were invited to come to the city to do their work so that the officials of the city might share in the spoils. Much the same conditions were found in Pittsburg...
...went from the state to the national government. In the House of Representatives the rings control legislation. Cannon was the boss corresponding to Boss Butler in St. Louis. Aldrich and his ring, to which New England contributes generously, control the Senate...
...making it first down, fumbled and the last and best opportunity to score was lost. Yale at once kicked out of danger, and resorting to a kicking game, gradually drove Harvard back. Just before time was called, Daly tried a drop-kick from the 35-yard line, but it went wide, and after the next play the game was over...
...yards, and Yale in 8 rushes made 27 yards and lost 7. Harvard punted 7 times for 314 yards, while Yale punted 8 times for 265 yards; one of these was run back 29 yards and on another the runner lost 6 yards. An onside kick by each team went outside, and Yale once recovered the ball on a fumbled punt. During the second period, in 17 rushes Harvard gained 94 yards and lost 8. The ball was lost once on a fumble and once on a forward pass. Another forward pass was incomplete, and a third one gained...
...this game, and the play, in general, was slow. The first touchdown came near the end of the first half after L. D. Smith recovered a kick which Marble had muffed. From the 11-yard line, Corbett and Wendell made 5 yards in two rushes, and then Corbett went over for the score. The second touchdown was made by Graustein in the middle of the last period. Brown had carried the ball through Harvard territory for 88 yards on 13 line plays and three successful forward passes. On the 3-yard line Sprackling made a pass to Ashbaugh...