Word: breaks
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Chambers of Princeton was unquestionably the best performer. He made new records in both the 50-yard and 100-yard swims, doing the former in 27 1-5s., and the latter in 1m. 3s. He also helped to break the intercollegiate record for the 800-foot relay race, in which after swimming behind Withington most of the distance, he made a splendid spurt in the last lap, and finished...
...agricultural districts from which wheat superior to that from America is exported to London, and date orchards where over 500,000 tons of dates were raised last year. As long as the Arabs remain nomads, however, the future of Arabia will be dark. The wandering tribes destroy the railroads, break up commerce and rob the citizens. The Turkish government is offering rewards and free land as an encouragement for them to settle down and cultivate the soil...
...University basketball team defeated Andover in the Gymnasium last night in a one-sided game by the score of 33 to 5. At no time was Andover able to break away from the University team's defense; and Harvard's offense, which was a decided improvement over last week's, found no difficulty in scoring. Andover's only goal from the floor was made by Thompson early in the first half. The University team played well throughout, especially in covering their opponents. Amberg and Brooks played hard and fast, and were very accurate in shooting...
Smash them and break through...
...Freshmen" is unusually clever; but it attempts to take the traditional Freshman away from us by asserting, in veiled language, that a Freshman may know almost as much as a Sophomore. This is unfair; the "verdant Freshman" has become a College tradition, and the Advocate is too respectable to break down wantonly so venerable a superstition. On the whole, the aim of the number is most commendable; it is only to be regretted that so many of our writers insist on following the plan of presenting as the whole of College life its most objectionable side