Word: america
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Volunteer crossed the line yesterday two miles in advance of the Thistle, thus winning the America...
...full-pitched ball, can he? What do you say to that, Fothergill? Can any one hit one of your curves?" Fothergill rather thought not; and considering that an income about ten times as large as an English curate's is paid a first-class pitcher in America, it will be readily understood that if any one could knock their pitching about at pleasure, they would be rather costly at that price. The Englishmen, however, though they may have begun to suspect that there must be more in base-ball pitching than met the eye, could not but maintain their opinion...
...direction which our university is taking is one that is forced upon her by the progressive spirit of the age, and although the total of the courses given at Harvard may exceed that given in any other educational institution in America, a careful inspection would show that certain departments, particularly those of history and of political economy, are not up to the highest standard as regards variety. Comparing our electives with those offered at a great European university, like that of Berlin or that of Paris, the number will appear small. It must be borne in mind, however, that...
...idea of arranging an international race between representative college crews of England and America, to be rowed in this country in August, is attracting attention in American college boating circles, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. Early in the spring it was proposed to send over an eight from Cambridge to row Harvard, but this project has fallen through. Cambridge willingly allows any one of the various colleges of which she is composed to compete with other colleges, but Is reluctant in giving her 'varsity crew the same opportunity. It has been suggested that this is the reason...
...American readers will welcome the translation of Dr. von Hoist's 'Constitutional Law of the United States of America' (Chicago: Callaghan & Co.). The author apologizes for consenting to its appearance in this country. It is, he says, but a sketch, written as part of a larger book for German readers - Marquardsen's 'Handbuch des Oeffentlichen Rechts.' - He was limited, moreover, to a very inadequate space, and had to compress his material unduly, and wholly to throw out much; and 'my only literary resources were my private library and the notes previously taken in the British Museum and American libraries.' These...