Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...toss and chose the south goal, a heavy wind blowing from the north. Curtis caught the first kick off on the fly on B. A. A.'s 20 yard line, and ran with the ball before touching it to the ground. With the aid of splendid interference, he carried the ball over Harvard's goal line...
Negroes, village dwellers, and Bedouin Arabs make up the population. There is also a powerful class of slave dealers. The most important are the Bedouin Arabs. They are the flower of the Soudan. They are nomadic in their habits and splendid horsemen. They use no firearms, but spears and swords, which are very formidable in their hands, as the battle of Abou showed...
...height of from 60 to 80 feet, and the interior space, in the form of a horseshoe, is 670 feet long by 109 feet wide. It forms a natural hollow between two of the lowest spurs of Mt. Hymettus, and from it can be had a splendid view of Athens and the surrounding country, including the Bay of Salamis...
...sure that such a system here would entirely do away with the possibility of any such unpleasant disturbances as the one which has just occurred, and would be a splendid move to advance the best and truest interests of Pennsylvania...
...very good records were made but several of the men showed promise of good development before the year is past. The races were all well contested, the two mile bicycle being especially interesting. In this race G. F. Baker, Jr., is deserving of much credit for the splendid way in which he set the pace throughout. He carried the rest of the men over the course in fine form and kept the race from degenerating into a slow loaf, as is usually the case with these races. He was only passed on the last lap by H. B. Hewitt...