Word: acted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...injunction was unnecessary. (a) There were adequate remedies at law. (1) Enforcement of Interstate Commerce Law and of Mail Regulations by act of 1891: Nation, July 12, 1894, p. 22. (2) Enforcement of law of 1874: Rev. Stat., S S 5298, 5299; Nation, July 12, 1894, p. 22. (b) Federal troops would in any case have had to be employed: Nation, Sept...
...without a teacher, so the teacher was of no use without a pupil. The relation between them must be cordial. Among the students a great deal of good could be done by a man without his being conscious of it. The kindly word, the helpful act towards one less fortunately placed would often strengthen him, and save him from a terrible temptation...
...pleased to note that Mr. W. C. Forbes, formerly captain of the ninety-two class football team, is to act as coach to the freshman eleven. The aid of such experienced coaches is precisely what is needed...
...driven back to my Vergil again, you see, for the happiest expression of what I was trying to say. It was these shy allurements and provocations of Omar Khayyam's Persian which led Fitzgerald to many a peerless phrase and made an original poet of him in the very act of translating. I cite this instance merely by way of hint that as a spur to the mind, as an open-sesame to the treasures of our native vocabulary, the study of a living language (for literary, not linguistic, ends) may serve as well as that of any which...
...notable feature of the Yale crew is their over-confidence, from "Bob" Cook down to the coxswain. They think there can be but one result to the race and that favorable to Yale. It may be that this over-confidence may act strongly to Harvard's advantage. The present week's work and its day-to-day improvement or deterioration will tell the story by next Monday...