Word: withstood
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...real contest came in the second half when Brown had carried the ball down to Harvard's 1-yard line. Here Harvard took a magnificent brace, and five times withstood the attacks of the Brown backs. It was a magnificent bit of defensive work, and had not a University player been offside, thus giving Brown three additional downs, no touchdown would have been scored. With the score 5 to 0 against them, the University eleven put a snap into their play after the next kick-off that was irresistible. They had less than five minutes in which to play...
...social criticism and humanitarian reform. To enforce these demands the representatives of the plantation interest had to do more than stand on the defensive; they had to take the lead of the nation. In this way the whole tendency of American thought and life was for a long time withstood...
...Lawrence the hardest work he has had this year. Morse, left end, broke the first team's interference repeatedly and made some good tackles. His was the best work done by any of the ends except Campbell. The centre men of the second team played well together and withstood the mass plays very well...