Word: fell
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...numerous counterfeiters, however, made any fair trial of the system impossible. A sort of madness fell upon people; men, women and children joined in counterfeiting, clipping, and sweating the coin. The severest punishments proved ineffective. Macaulay says that the country passed no measure of the value of commodities. Everyone suspected his neighbor of cheating...
...Harvard class team race was won by '99 with '97 a close second, '98 third, and '96 last. Yale was fairly outrun by Princeton in their team race, although Gerard of Yale unfortunately slipped and fell at the finish of his relay. The final event of the evening was the Harvard-Pennsylvania team race, the closest and most exciting of all. The first relay was between Eaton of Harvard and Sterritt of Pennsylvania. Sterritt finished three yards ahead Boyer took Sterritt's place and Eaton touched Marshall, who was slow in getting off. Marshall succeeded in making up the lost...
...lost when Adam fell. There was another vesper hour, when Christ called unto Himself the sick to heal them of their wounds. And He is still bringing His healing power to the spirit of man today. He gives joy for sorrow, and peace for despair. It is better to live upon the heights of our time than in the lowlands of antiquity. Let us thank God for all these blessings, and, above all, for the Christ who made them possible...
...been put in there necessitated a change in the draft of the flues. The old ventilating pipes were being taken out and larger ones inserted. Thomas O'Brien, a laborer, was at work in the bottom of the shaft when a large section of the pipe broke loose and fell directly upon his head, injuring him seriously. He was taken at once to the Cambridge Hospital, but the chances for his recovery are exceedingly slight...
...resumed. From the 50-yard line Brooke drove the ball on a long, low punt clear to the corner of the field. Harvard was close to her own goal line. Brewer went clear back to the fence to punt. He was slow, and his punt was blocked. Boyle fell on it for a touchdown. Brooke kicked the goal. and the score...