Word: actually
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Tomorrow will be devoted almost exclusively to practice on the low hurdles, and men who are able to run them in seven strides will be chosen as the low hurdling-squad. The high and broad jumpers will also begin actual work today...
...past few days the track squad has been working steadily on the Stadium track. Special attention has been devoted to hurdling, as the men who are entered for this event lack actual experience, and until Friday have only been able to practice their stride. The sprinters have been given short distance runs, while the milers and two-milers have been sent around the track for five laps...
...opening for the negative, E. H. Hart emphasized at the outset the fact that the question under discussion was essentially a local one, and that it must be settled in the light of the actual situation in New York City. The speaker called attention to the fact that the proposition of the affirmative was without precedent in the whole history of the world, in view of the fact that no city ever thought of buying up an entire transportation system, to the owners of which it had granted perpetual franchises. Glasgow took over her lines when the franchises expired...
...franchises by bribery; they have swindled the city out of millions of dollars in taxes; they have purchased legislation almost openly. Even the courts have been in their hire and control. These facts are to be found in official reports, and it is only reasonable to conclude that the actual extent of wrong-doing, if it could be known, would present an appalling record...
...closing the debate for the negative, H. D. Smith dwelt upon the actual detriment to service which would result from the policy of municipal ownership. He showed that in the street railway business success is impossible unless the management has continuity and efficiency, and he pointed out the fact that in New York City with its frequent upheavals and constant political uncertainty, these qualities could not be preserved. He cited the failure of the Staten Island Ferries, recently taken over by the city, as an example of the inability of city officials to cope with undertakings of this nature...