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Word: winning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...exceptionally well boated crew, and row a powerful long stroke, that has as its best features a strong drag and hard finish. Donovan who has entire charge of the coaching is fully satisfied with the men and has no doubt as to the crew's ability to win all its scheduled races...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weld Crews. | 6/15/1898 | See Source »

...must be remembered however, that without strength at the batin a moderate degree, the strongest fielding nine cannot expect to win. Another point is, that if Harvard won against U. of P., Yale defeated Princeton, and that on Princeton's grounds. Therefore the nine must not take their victory as anything more than an encouragement to work harder, remembering that the first Yale game is but ten days off, that Yale has a chance to win the series from Princeton, and that a double victory over Yale will yet give Harvard the championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/13/1898 | See Source »

...come to the graves of those who gave their lives to save the state from ruin, not with sorrow but with hope. The dead no longer are ours; they belong to history. We now think only of their value to the state. They did not give their lives to win our sorrow or to gain the fame of posterity; all that they gave they gave for their country. They were indeed men of arms. The Union soldiers did not take up arms for war's sake, but for the sole reason that there was no other way to obtain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES. | 5/31/1898 | See Source »

...leave with the Mott Haven Team yesterday, as he will be unable to take part in the hurdle race on account of the strained ligament in his arm. He was expected to win at least three points for Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mott Haven Schedule. | 5/27/1898 | See Source »

This afternoon the team will play its first game in the intercollegiate series with the University of Pennsylvania at the Manheim grounds in Germantown. Considering Pennsylvania's poor showing against Harvarford on Wednesday, the Harvard team has excellent chances to win the game today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cricket Eleven Wins. | 5/20/1898 | See Source »

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