Word: spectacular
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...whole, these festivals were among the most effective, from a spectacular point of view, that Paris had ever beheld, and they proved once more that in the matter of fetes not even the horrors of the Reign of Terror could quench the French love of excitement and display...
...enough that our athletic spirit has become so extravagantly shaped by outside influences--the newspapers and the public who have sat astride of us and spurred us into an absurd athletic gallop--and we should be suspicious of any tendency to emphasize the spectacular side of Class Day, or Commencement. Both these institutions have been built up for many years by the customs and traditions of many classes, and changing them because we have been presented with a fine amphitheatre is akin to coasting in June because someone has given us a toboggan. In spite of the fact that Sanders...
...most spectacular games ever played on Soldiers Field, the University eleven last Saturday barely escaped defeat by the Carlisle Indian School team, the final score being, Harvard 12, Carlisle 11. Until the last 15 minutes of play the Indian team led, and even after the University had secured a lead by scoring two touchdowns, seriously threatened to score again...
...second team played at its best yesterday, and gave the University team hard practice. Dodge at right half, and Goodhue at left were both very effective. Dodge's spectacular run of 87 yards to the first team's 7-yard line, was the longest made against the first team this year; with a clear field ahead of him, he was prevented from making a touchdown only by Hurley's remarkable diving tackle from behind...
...been so wearing on the players and monotonous to the spectators. From the latter's view-point the game should be greatly improved if this rule develops the anticipated result, that when strong defenses are encountered by the four-man attack, a kicking game, with the usual opportunities for spectacular runs in a broken field, will be resorted to. Another provision of the rules which tends toward the improvement of the sport is that permitting the first person to whom the center passes the ball to run with it, thus giving more encouragement to trick plays than has been...