Word: whirligig
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Fiction is represented by a further installment of Henry James' absorbing serial, The Old Things; a short story of Alabama life, The Price of a Cow, by Mrs. Elizabeth W. Bellamy, and The Whirligig of Fortune, an incident of the French Commune, by T. Russell Sullivan...
Harvard's Plucky Fight.Straight up the field without once losing the ball, Harvard rushed it to Yale's 15-yard line. They used the wedge and the "whirligig" constantly, and gained every time through Yale's center. At the 15-yard line Yale made a stand and Harvard's V could get no further. Then Trafford fell back for a try at goal from the field. The ball went low and struck Heffelfinger, who had broken through. It bounded off to the right and the Yale guard and Hallowell both made a dive for it. Hallowell got it and Harvard...