Word: american
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston Rovers football team will play their second match game of the season at the Union grounds this afternoon, their opponents being the Fall River Rovers, the champion team of America. They are to play against the Newark Almas for the American association challenge cup, and the Boston Rovers will have to do good work to hold their own with them. The kick-off will be at 4.30 o'clock...
...Cross, an amateur runner of Oxford, England, has succeeded in breaking the half-mile record, made by Myers, the American, which has stood for six years. His time...
...Egypt with Dr. Virchow. He is anxious to discover the grave of Alexander the Great, but the place where it is supposed to be is covered by a mosque. Undaunted by this fact, Dr. Schliemann intends to dig a tunnel, or have the whole building moved, after the American method...
...Friday the nine plays at Philadelphia with the University of Pennsylvania team, which is considered unusually strong this year. On the following day Yale meets the Athletics of Philadelphia, members of the American Association. Sunday will probably be passed in Philadelphia. On April 2d the nine will meet the New Yorks on the Polo Grounds, New York. Tuesday, April 3d, the nine goes to Newark, and on the following day the second and last game with the New Yorks will be played. With such advantages as Yale enjoys it will be seen that our own nine is heavily handicapped...
Question: Resolved, that Americans should be permitted to buy foreignbuilt ships and to manage them under the American flag, and that no shipping subsidies should be granted...