Word: blue
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...only needs a bright blue...
...inexplicable problem what became of the immense amount of blue bunting so conspicuous at the end of the first mile of the boat-race, so conspicuous by its entire absence at the end of twenty-two minutes after the signal start was given...
With her prettiest chiffons of rose and of blue...
...Prof. Brewer gave a very interesting lecture, last week, on the different celebrated trotting horses in this country. He began with Boston Blue, who trotted in the year 1818, and among others he spoke of the following celebrities in the horse line, comparing their respective times: American Roan, Topgallant, Burster, Edwin Forrest, Lady Suffolk, Tacony, Flora Temple, Dexter, American Girl, Goldsmith Maid...
...Every college has a distinct individuality which impresses itself upon its college literature. Thus Princeton is noted for its blue-blooded Presbyterianism and 'codfish' aristocracy; Harvard for its Cockneyisms; Yale for its sports and fast people; Columbia for its apish English manners; Dartmouth for its country 'greenhorns'; Amherst for its shrewd Yankees; Trinity for its ancient church foundations; Union for its old Knickerbocker aristocracy; Hamilton for Western 'shoddy'; and Cornell for its progressiveness...