Word: tore
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Dates: during 1891-1891
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Brewer, Hop., tore a muscle in his leg in the finals of the quarter-mile, thus losing to his school first place in the running broad jump, in which he holds the record of 21 ft. 6 in. He might also have won the 220 yards dash, as he holds the record in that event...
...concert was ended by a superb and stirring presentation of Beethoven's third symphony. This symphony was completed in 1804, and dedicated to Napoleon, but the news of the latter's assumption of the title of emperor so angered Beethoven that he tore off the title page, and restored it only when Napoleon died at St. Helena. The term "heroic" is applied to it, not in the sense of a military hero, but in that of a perfect man. The four movements depict man's various sensations: in the first, youthful and active emotions, followed by the mournful and solemn...