Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Under the supposition that the club was free from debt, subscriptions have fallen off almost six hundred dollars. The Pudding theatrical receipts were two hundred dollars less than last year, and the D. K. E. gave the club four hundred dollars less than they did a year...
...absolutely necessary that every cent which has been subscribed should be paid up at once. The amount of unpaid subscriptions is almost a thousand dollars. The least that can be expected is that men should pay what they have pledged themselves for, and if these subscriptions are paid promptly it will be a very material help. All men who have not subscribed, or feel that they can give any more, should send their subscriptions to G. T. Keyes, 18 Holworthy, who will act as treasurer while I am in New London...
...hand is very telling in its lightening effects; but the book is so largely a narrative in the past tense, and the incidents in Escott's life are so persistently unfortunate, that one thinks more on his broken existence and wasted talents than on the bravery, modesty and evenness-almost recklessness-of temper with which he bears ill-luck. But, for all that, there is a very strong personality about the man, a genuine integrity and independence that makes one have a kindly feeling toward him, even as a mere acquaintance...
...second inning, by a judicious bunching of hits, and one or two errors by Eighty-seven, Eighty-nine made five runs, and continued to score in almost every subsequent inning. Eighty-seven made two runs in the second inning, on two runs in the second inning, on two hits, a passed ball and a sacrifice. She did not score again till the seventh, when, with one man out, Faulkner made a double, went to third on a passed ball, and scored on a putout. This ended the run-getting for Eighty-seven. The game was called...
...much as if he accepted a professional offer, and gracefully consented to the change. Stagg and Dann, without doubt, form one of the strongest amateur batteries that ever appeared on the diamond, and by securing the former Bergen Point, having won a game from the Nassaus, has an almost sure thing in the race for the amateur championship.-Globe...