Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lead only a short time, however. Goodrich's crew soon got ahead and increased the distance steadily. This crew rowed the quicker stroke all through the race, for part of the time making 36 to the minute, while the other crew reached 34. Both crews, however, rowed a splendid race. The make-up of the crews was as follows...
ROOMS to let at corner of Harvard and Ellery Sts., 353 Harvard. Reasonable rent. Splendid location...
DOZENS of reporters followed the Intercollegiate Parade last night. The majority came from the Boston Journal, which today has a splendid report of all proceedings. On sale at Thurston's, Amee's, Memorial, Foxcroft...
...Byzantine times, the temples were converted into Christian churches; in the 15th century, when the Turks had captured Athens, the crescent replaced the cross. The Parthenon became a mosque, and when the Venetians beseiged the citadel in 1687 it was destroyed by a bomb,- only a part of the splendid temple remains. The Venetians withdrew, and a mosque was again built among these ruins. Early in the present century, when the war of freedom had driven the Turks out of Greece, the Acropolis came again into the hands of its natural possessors. The Greeks treasure and protect it today...
...afternoon after the preliminary work two scrub elevens lined up. Kennedy, who was fullback on one, made one splendid punt and several good rushes, although Brown, the opposing fullback, punted more steadily, dropping a beautiful goal from the 30 yard line...