Word: almost
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...yield to the temptation of going from one extreme to another. The Anglo-Saxon race should then not judge the black race too severely, but should compare its progress with that of nations longer civilized. It would then be seen that the rapid advance of the negroes has been almost unprecedented...
...valuable time to them, and off subscribers, who give grudgingly perhaps, or beyond their means because asked by a personal friend; (4) more men would see the games, and would be drawn into participating, especially in sports like track, lacrosse, and basketball, which can use men of almost any weight and build; (5) the managers, relieved of worry about subscriptions, could enormously increase the number of men in active competition. Even under the present system, the track management, by canvassing the dormitories and looking up individuals, was able to get 436 entries for the winter carnival. Competitions for managerships would...
...Docile Lady," three neatly turned stanzas on a conventional theme; and, finally, the somewhat ambitious "Sea Lovers" of H. Hagedorn, Jr. This last piece has passages, which, in spite of some tantalizing obscurity, show a quite remarkable control of blank verse and a simulation of emotion so successful as almost to make one believe...
...spoke first of the government of Mt. Desert, Maine, in the eighties, which was almost entirely self-supporting, and its perfection, on account of the really local character of its interests. Some thirty years ago, a great change took place in American life. The population gradually drew into large units, whose interests were everywhere. With this, there was a further complication; namely, that the burden of taxation was badly distributed, as the wealthier classes lived in adjacent towns, leaving the poorer householders of the city to bear the major burden of its taxes. The movement for remedying this state...
...first half Thayer had the advantage, keeping the puck in their opponents' territory almost all the time. At the end of the half each team had scored one goal. Dunning shot a second goal for Thayer early in the next half, but during the rest of the game the play was more even, and no further scoring resulted...