Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Best general references-Bryce's American Commonwealth, vol. I.: Wilson's Congressional Government, International Review...
...stroke, is plainly shown in Mr. Watson-Taylor's article. His words describe very well what Yale and Harvard try to do, while as a matter of fact Yale and Harvard row very differently from the English crews. This difference is inevitable from the difference in English and American rigs. The Yale and Harvard crews are rigged practically alike. The characteristics of their rigging are the short stretchers, and slides as long as a man naturally can use and varying for each man. In England every stretcher is fixed at an angle of 45 degrees and the exact number...
...extended by law. (a) It is now imperfect on account of its limited application-Nation, vol. 1, p. 108. (b) Rigor of stature necessary to check greed of office seekers. (c) Extension by executive regulation is insufficient. (e. g. Railway Mail and Census)-Address by G. W. Curtis, American Journal of Soc. Science...
...would be contrary to the idea of American government. (a) There must always be a difference between civil and political officers; (b) The U. S. government is essentially a party government-Bryce, Am. Comm., I, 636-661; (c) good government demands that political officers should be in sympathy with the administration...
...leading article in the Century for November is the first part of the Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson. As might be expected it is extremely interesting, containing, besides a sketch of his remarkable career on the stage, many anecdotes of Power, Wallack, Macready, and in fact all the great American actors of the last half century. The first of the Present Day Papers is written by William Chauncy Langdon, the subject being "The Problems of Modern Society." Seven of the most sociological critics of America have formed a group for the purpose of discussing social problems, in a series of essays...