Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...pull his chestnuts out of the fire; but we hope and believe that his contributors will be undeceived before long. One word more, to avoid misapprehension. We suppose that Mr. Moses King will say that we are opposed to him because he is the editor of a rival paper, and because he is poor and is trying to work his way through college. We wish to say, therefore, that we do not expect to be injured in the least by the Harvard Register; and, secondly, that we have good reason for believing, from the letter of a reliable correspondent published...
...sent in a petition, - we waited, - and the next morning butter-plates smiled on us as we sat down to breakfast." She then spoke of their achievements during the Sophomore and Junior years, - of their great crew, - of their Croquet Club, - of their Knitting-Needle Society, and its rival organization the "Hair-pins." (Groans.) Passing on to the principal events in their lives as Seniors, she playfully mentioned that Miss -- tried to secure the election to Beta Kappa Phi, over Miss X., by wearing the most graceful Parisian costumes, and at this point her sage remarks on the frivolity...
...well known, however, how much a crew improves by the practice of the last few weeks before the race, and we shall expect to witness a better race even than that of last year. Yale has a heavy crew, and will be sure to prove a formidable rival; and the interest in the race will be greater than was felt last year, as so much more depends upon the result. We do not need to remind the Crew how much the University relies upon their success. Brilliant victories at New London and Saratoga would go far towards compensating for previous...
...even terms with Livingstone, who had been pulling 36. Opposite Regatta Point, an eighth of a mile from the start, Goddard's supporters began to call on him for a spurt, and he responded with a slightly more rapid stroke, and began to draw away from his rival, whom he led by a length and a half at the quarter-mile stake...
Granting that the "Harvard Arion Quartette," or the "Arion Quartette of Harvard Students," did not travel through New England on the productive capital of the name of Harvard; granting that it was a mistake to call attention to this rival society; and granting that your paper was unjust in censuring them, - concessions which not every one will be ready to grant, - it must still be conceded that there is something questionable in the conduct of men who, having the balance of power in their hands, insist on the resignation of two members - to them personally unpopular - because one was once...