Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Columbia nominated Harrison. The balloting resulted as follows: First ballot, McKinley, 55; Reed, 61; Harrison, 8. Second ballot, McKinley, 53; Reed, 60; Harrison, 8. Third ballot, McKinley, 58; Reed, 56; Harrison, 7. Fourth ballot, McKinley, 62; Reed, 56; Harrison, 7. Thus while the Republicans failed to reach an agreement, it was very clear that McKinley was gaining and would have been nominated but for the firmness of the Harrison...
...functionary before pressing his suit. The Inquisitor, however, has designs of a nuptial nature on Farina himself, and to put his rival out of the way he shows Don Manuel a prenuptial contract made with a fierce Moorish chieftain when the present Alcayde was but an infant. By this agreement Don Manuel is to wed the Moorish prince Kazooka on attaining his majority, and it is on his twenty-first birthday that the action of the play takes place...
...nations themselves, then their scheme is practically the present special system. Who is to decide principles upon which the decision of the court is to be based? Would the decisions of this court be any more likely to be enforced than now? No. We have now an agreement to abide by decisions in particular cases. Under their system we would have a vague agreement to abide by decisions at some future time which statesmen would find easy to lay aside when they desired. Your step is not only unnecessary, it is unsafe...
...various dividing lines proposed. The famous Schomburgk line was surveyed merely for a basis of negotiations and was not considered as final. The records seem to show that for the most part the English instead of encroaching on Venezuela have been attempting to come to a fair agreement. Professor Macvane criticized Secretary Olney's despatch of July last. The idea that England has been developing and increasing her claims shows, the speaker said, an incomplete comprehension of the facts of the case...
...captains of all teams and crews which run in the streets have agreed not to run on the sidewalks, and to see that all members of their teams are sufficiently clothed. Since this agreement no cause for complaint has been given by any athletic team...