Word: accomplish
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...object of the work has been so to regulate the water in the tank that it will not offer too much resistance to the oar, and will correspond in its general action to the motion of water when the boat is moving. To accomplish this there will be two propellers fixed at the bow of the boat, run by electric motors and other specially constructed machinery in addition if necessary. In this way there will be a continual current of water, starting at the bow, turned by deflecting planes down either side and returning by the added power...
...sudden way to stop this condition, but there is a way for men to alleviate it. Discontent there will be, but we can lessen its proportion. And it is in the uniform spirit and determination of all college men, to do the best for their country that will accomplish this result...
...things considered, it has gone far to accomplish its purpose. The difficulties which met the new plan were great, for in the first year seventy-four courses were offered, although the corps of instructors was not increased to meet the extra demand. This naturally led to some confusion at first, but fortunately the elective system of courses had been introduced in a modified form in 1867, and this afforded an outlet to many who wished to take advantage of the new courses. It also enabled professors to offer advanced courses to graduate students at the same time freeing them from...
...cannot meet our obligations to Porto Rico in any other way. We must enact duties which shall secure prosperity to the islanders. Our own customs laws will not accomplish this. They were devised to protect a manufacturing country that presents an almost complete contrast to Porto Rico, a purely agricultural island. In the parts of our country where the economic conditions approach those of Porto Rico, in the southern plantation states, the opposition to our tariff has been increasing for seventy-five years...
...purpose (1) of putting definite and pertinent information with regard to Oxford at the service of the intending student, and (2) of becoming sufficiently well-informed to advance any project on foot for adapting Oxford conditions to the needs of the American members of the University. To accomplish the first object, which is of more immediate concern, the club intends to print a circular in which it will try to anticipate the questions likely to be asked about the Oxford University system in general, the opportunities and conditions of study in the University, and the advisability of connecting...