Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Almost every one of the Oxford colleges supports its own debating club. The regular debates of many of these are held on Sundays...
...college nine any good, and is regarded by the public generally-including many Harvard graduates-as simply ridiculous." We do not know about the feelings of the public generally in regard to speak for the graduates of Harvard. Among undergraduates, however, the "fiat" has come to be almost universally approved. Just what the Clipper means by the "good" of the nine is uncertain; but if it refers to increased efficiency in playing, we would remark that it was not the purpose of the new rules to increase the skill of the nine but to rid it of professional tendencies...
Third round. - Page got in his body blows with good effect, and led hard with his left, almost invariably following it up with his right. Lee rallied, and landed a lead square on Page's face. Once more the men went at it, and another rapid exchange followed, in which Page seemed to have the best of it. The bout and the cup were awarded to Page...
...expulsion from the association of any club which persists in ungentlemanly conduct in playing. An effectual provision was made against any repetition of the block-game, which nearly proved so disastrous to the foot-ball interests. Formerly a club could mass its players before the goal, and with an almost solid wall of crosses and men easily prevent a goal from being thrown. Thus the play would be protracted and an uninteresting game would be the result. Now the ??? is empowered when darkness comes on to give the game, in case of a tie, to the side which has shown...
...largely impelled by King James' famous "Counterblast to Tobacco." The lecturer then gave an analysis of tobacco smoke, showing that it is largely composed of substances poisonous to the system, and pointed out the effect which each ingredient produced upon it. The effect which tobacco produces is dependent almost entirely upon the constitution of the person using...