Word: accounts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Games shall be postponed on account of bad weather only...
...umpire shall have full power in deciding the postponement of games and in calling games on account of darkness...
...days ago we published a short account of the plan which the Shooting Club hopes to carry out. In order to do this it is imperatively necessary for Harvard to have a good team to shoot against the visitors; and a good team can be chosen only from a good number of candidates. Thus if we hope to make a good showing in the proposed tournament, as many men as can should offer themselves as candidates for the team, and by constant shooting, perfect themselves to such a degree as to get places on the team, or at any rate...
...Bolles has been unable to be at the office since last Saturday on account of an injury to one of his eyes...
...found that the expense that would have to be increased in sending down the topmast of vessels would offset the advantage gained by the canal, so the scheme was a bandoned. The plan of a ship railway was declared by engineers impracticable for mechanical reasons and by seamen, on account of the strain imposed on a vessels hull by lifting it out of water. The Panama canal has proved impossible on account of a river near it which cannot be controlled, and the canal by way of lake Nicaragua is left in sole possession of the field...