Word: acte
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...United States Supreme Court has decided that the section of the civil-rights act relating to conspiracy to deprive any person of equal protection of the laws, is unconstitutional on the ground that the law infringes upon the reserved rights of the States...
...Daniel J. Shea; vice-president, Joseph Daly; secretary, Thomas F. Gallagher; treasurer, Frank J. McCarthy." What deep-laid conspiracy the "Harvard Associates" may be plotting is not known; neither are the motives of revenge which induced them to wilfully pilfer Harvard's venerable name. But the outrage of the act is none the less flagrant. Perhaps the Howard Associates will prosecute them for infringement of trade-mark...
...different organizations would only agree as to the time of using the weights they might use two sets in turn and leave the other two open to individuals. We feel sure that the captain of the nine and crew will see the justice of the suggestion and act accordingly...
...money in preparation for the different events, should not obtain some reward which shall be worthy of preserving. It is true that contestants enter rather for honor than for any substantial reward, but it is none the less certain that prizes which in themselves are worth competing for act oftentimes as a great incentive to hard and faithful work, and are no more than proper rewards for success. A step in the right direction was taken by the management last year, in substituting graceful and pretty cups for the ungainly pewter mugs formerly given. We trust that this year...
...president of Harvard can do no more than reciprocate the courtesy by inviting the governor over on commencement day. You know that the connection between the Commonwealth and the university has been dissolved, and the governor can now-a-days only go over on commencement as an act of courtesy. It is a mere matter of tradition now." Another politician said: "President Eliot respects the office which Gen. Butler holds, and it would have been unseemly in him not to have accepted the general's invitation to attend the inauguration." - [Boston Herald...