Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...singles, two each by Donovan and Jennings. Of Harvard's ten hits, Hallowell, Frothingham, and Hovey made eight. Hallowell led with a single and two doubles. Frothingham and Hovey also made each a double. Harvard's best work was done by the pichers. J. Highlands struck out six men, allowing only two men to make his, J. Wiggin struck out five men, two hits being made. while A. Highlands struck out only two men, but did not allow a single hit. Corbett's catching was careless. Of the thirteen strike-outs he muffed the ball on seven third-strikes...
...would be undesirable to allow a private corporation to own and control the canal. - (a) It would give foreign nations an opportunity to secure control. - (b) The policy of the U. S. in making its own internal improvements should be extended to apply to this case. - (c) In private hands the canal would be operated for private benefit and not for public good...
Will the managers of the Whist Tournament allow a suggestion as to the manner of determining the winning two couples from each section? Two methods have been proposed, but both are opened to objection. If the decision is made on the basis of games won, the element of luck is unnecessarily large. A couple might lose two games and win the other. If they had kept their opponents' score down and made the most of their good cards, when they did come, they ought to reap the advantage...
...this meets with any approval, will the management kindly allow those, who have not voted yet on the first two methods, to vote for this third method, if they desire, and also, for those who have voted, to change their vote...
Question: "Resolved, That the Interstate Commerce Act should be so amended as to allow pooling...