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Word: surpassed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...versatile, speedy half-backs, one of whom is undoubtedly the best all-around football man in the country. Drop-kicking, punting, forward passing, running with the ball and secondary defense would be taken care of by Berryman, King, and Mahan in a way which would be difficult to surpass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALL-EASTERN ELEVENS SELECTED BY CRIMSON | 11/24/1915 | See Source »

...guards, Anderson and Miller, both tip the scales at over 200 pounds and have proved veritable stonewalls on the defense. Miller, moreover, kicks off and usually drops the ball in the vicinity of the opponent's 10-yard line. At left end Shelton, last year's wonder, promises to surpass his former work. He weighs 168 pounds and is a fast and sure tackler. Right end is Cornell's weakest point, there still being no choice between Eckley and Zander. The line plunges as a single unit and, in the recent games, has often opened up for the backs holes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL BOASTS BEST ELEVEN IN ITS HISTORY | 10/20/1915 | See Source »

...team belongs to the University, and, as a result of its work at New Haven, the University belongs to the team, so both should celebrate the splendid season and its brilliant finale. As the score of the team against Yale surpassed all previous scores, so should the banquet celebrating the event surpass all previous banquets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A REAL DINNER TO THE TEAM. | 11/24/1914 | See Source »

...held this evening in the ground floor rooms of the middle entry of Holworthy when the Seniors living in Holworthy will entertain those in Stoughton. The last smoker, which was held in Thayer, was very largely attended but the Smoker Committee is anxious to have the one tonight surpass it in numbers owing to the fact that the mid-year examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLWORTHY TO ACT AS HOST | 2/10/1914 | See Source »

...Harvard Opera Association, which is open to all members of the University interested in music, and run on a cooperative basis to render it possible for members to obtain seats at the Boston Opera House at reduced prices, expects this year to surpass its record of last, when it sold over 2500 seats. The membership fee has been raised to $1, and the books to be signed by applicants will be placed in the Union, Leavitt & Peirce's, Amee's, the Rendezvous, and the Co-operative Branch on Monday, October 20. The reductions will be as follows: $1.50 seats will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REDUCED PRICES FOR SEATS | 10/15/1913 | See Source »

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