Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...preliminaries of the Middle Weight Sparring were between Hunt '92, and Linder '95. Linder for the first two rounds, acted almost entirely on the defensive and forced Hunt to do most of the leading. Hunt did some sharp quick work which seemed to discourage his opponent. In the second round, Linder held off evidently not relishing Hunt's attacks which came in quick succession, but in the third round Linder took a most creditable and plucky brace. He seemed to wake up for the first time and the round that followed was the hardest and most exciting event...
...average weight of the thirteen men now in training for the Yale 'varsity crew is almost...
...will live there for a week or a fortnight at a time, and their close association with the men will enable them to do much better work than would otherwise be possible. The Union has now been in existence a little more than a year, its work being confined almost entirely to education. There are now twenty-two classes taught by college men and several are in the hands of instruct ors. In all there are about thirty college men actively engaged in the work and the Union has a membership of over 200. Ten or twelve men are needed...
...school library, then, is one of the most useful aids to the study of geography; another important help is a collection of maps, photographs and diagrams. The United States Coast Survey has made careful engravings of almost all parts of the American coast, and illustrations taken from these maps give a much better idea of the subject than can be gained from a very careful verbal explanation. The Scottish Geographical Magazine also contains very good maps which, mounted on cardboard make a very useful collection. Photographs, when they can be had, are an admirable means of illustration, for they...
...Prize that Teddy Won" could not fairly be called tragic had it been less skill fully worked out. But one is brought into such sympathy with the hopes and ambitions of the skipper, that one almost wishes he had not cut the sheet...