Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wish to call attention to the excellent plan which the Co-operative Society offers of doing errands for members. For the small sum of ten cents almost any little errand in Boston will be done by a messenger boy, who starts in town at about half-past one o'clock and returns before six. If for example a man wishes to send a message in town in the afternoon and to receive a reply in three or four hours, it is very convenient and a great economy in time to employ the messenger. Moreover, it is a great satisfaction...
...tedious research in the ruins of Nineveh. From this library we get our information about the knowledge of the Assyrians. The only other country whose history and civilization dates back to 4000 years before Christ besides Assyria, is Egypt. Most Assyrian monuments were built of brick, and therefore have almost entirely disappeared...
...positions was gratifying, but Harvard has especial need of a strong team this year. Yale came very near wresting the cup from us last lear, and judging from the present outlook she will make the contest even closer this spring. The men who won prizes for Yale are almost, without exception, still in college; while we have lost Baker, the winner of the 220 yards dash; and Bradley, Chamberlain, Smith and Wheeler, winners of second prizes. Two members of the last year's tug of war team are no longer in college, although the fact that their vacancies could...
...Mott Haven team of '87 begins its existence to-day. Its success in past years makes it almost unnecessary for us to give it the benefit of our advice. But there are a few cautions it will be wise to heed. In the first place we must bear in mind that Yale has a very strong team and that there are besides, other colleges which confidently expect to win the Mott Haven Cup for themselves. Our own team is weakened, or we must suppose it so until the new candidates prove themselves worthy successors of the old prize winners...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - It has been the custom for undergraduates to grant the use of their rooms to seniors for class-day. So firmly has privilege been established by precedent, that it is now regarded by the graduating class almost as a right. There are, however, several men in the college buildings who are unwilling to conform to this custom. Such a man it has been my misfortune to meet. Of course the retention of a room may seem a small matter to him, but to myself it is far different. Indeed my whole spread depends upon...